35 Shots Of Rum (2008 96min.) {Film4 1.00am friday &+1]
Drama starring Alex Descas and Mati Diop. Train driver Lionel has been raising his daughter Joséphine alone ever since she was a little girl, and they now share a life of cosy domesticity in a Paris flat. But when the now grown-up Joséphine becomes involved with a handsome neighbour, Lionel realises that she will soon fly the nest.
Claire Denis' celebration of the strength of family relationship.
Railway worker Lionel (Alex Descas, superb) is the lone parent father of student Mati Diop; they have a relaxed and intuitve relationship that subtly alters when they both fall in love with neighbours in their apartment block.
You're going to have to trust me on this one - if you want big set-piece action scenes or excitement you're not going to enjoy it - it's a quiet, meditative film focussing on the interaction of a very small group of people.
Such action as there is is brutal, surprising and shocking.
Denis directs with her usual calm assurance and the whole thing is beautifully photographed by Agnes Godard.
A superbly composed and acted film : one of the ten best from the year of it's release.
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