October 14, 2004

Ae Fond Kiss

The new Ken Loach film.

Set in good old Glasgow the story revolves around an interracial relationship between a white Irish woman (and what a gorgeous one she is too !) and a Scot-Asian man and all the complications and trouble it causes for both sides.
I get the feeling that most of the supporting cast aren't actually actors. If they are then they're bad ones, but it's effective anyway because I felt like I was watching it as it happens because of the familiar setting. Gerard Kelly's fanatic Catholic priest is both funny and scary because you can believe that some people actually say things like that, eg. "You can go and teach the Protestants !".
This film is both funny and touching and certainly much better than Loach's previous effort, the dreadful "Sweet Sixteen". Worth a look.

Posted by hurtling17 at October 14, 2004 05:20 AM