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Romulus, My Father

Trailer

It tells the story of Romulus, his beautiful wife, Christina, and their struggle in the face of great adversity to bring up their son, Raimond. It is a story of impossible love that ultimately celebrates the unbreakable bond between father and son.

Cast:
Eric Bana
Franka Potente
Marton Csokas
Kodi Smit-McPhee

Director:
Richard Roxburgh

Writing credits:
Nick Drake
Raimond Gaita (memoir)

Bana and Csokas are excellent, and I'm intrigued by the fact that this is Roxburgh's debut feature. Should be good.

Trailer in HD.

Jem wrote:Writing credits: Nick Drake

is this the same Nick Drake I'm thinking of?

Sorry, it's actually awful.

Visually dead and utterly contrived in its storytelling. After a while it descends into a blur of cliche domestic shouting matches. The characters are so thinly depicted that nothing is felt as their lives worsen.

The strong reputation of this film came about only because of Australian critics unwillingness to call out poor films so as to support our industry. That's all well and good until something like Romulus, My Father, which has all of the ingredients that a "good film" is supposed to have (therefore making it the Australian film for tastemakers) takes precedence over a film actually worthy of recognition like Noise. The fact that our film industry showered Romulus with awards (including Best Film) instead of bringing to people's attention a strong film in a less conventional style is shameful.