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The Journey
UK / Greece / Australia 2014
produced by Angeliki Angelidis, Iride Budnikaite, John Downes, Kyriaki Fotiadou, Peter Fraser, Colin Livingstone, Lance Nielsen, Andrea Ogunbadejo, Ioanna Peteinaraki, Iria Pizania, Ian Reed, Carmen Zografou, Jason Flemyng (executive) for Eagles Dare Productions, 5+one Productions
directed by Lance Nielsen
starring Jason Flemyng, Duncan Pow, Dickon Tolson, Lindsey Coulson, Velile Tshabalala, Mitchell Lewis, Dimitri Raft, Shirin Youssefian, Tasos Nousias, Marc Zammit, Stelios Kalaitzis, Lena Kaloutsaki, Raymond-Kym Suttle, Alex Heaton, Charlene Collins, Carly Houston, Escandor Abbas, Richard Highgate, Christopher Reith, Tony Nicholas, Karl Peschek
written by Lance Nielsen, music by Andrew Kristy
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Will (Marc Zammit) wants to jump off a bridge to end his life after
having been left by his girlfriend, but Ozzy (Jason Flemyng) talkes him
down and convinces him to delay his suicide at least for a beer and a
story. This story takes us to a Greek island, where three men, Jason
(Duncan Pow), Hector (Dickon Tolson) and Atia (Mitchell Lewis) from
totally different backgrounds who have all recntly loved the loves of
their lives, have come to end their own lives one way or another. But the
island and its beauty has its own magic, only augmented by a mysterious
woman in white (Velle Tshabalala), who seems to phase in and out of the
men's stories every now and again without ever seeming to be within reach
... Now The Journey is not so much a narrative movie in the
traditional sort of way (though it's story is still easy enough to follow)
but more of a meditation on grief and the overcoming of grief, which is
mirrored rather nicely in the film's repeating motives, always replayed in
compelling variations, intentionally laid back pace and reliance on
atmospheric filmmaking. And of course, the film makes perfect use of its
Greek locations that are presented in a beautiful yet never glossy way,
while the ensemble is uniformly relatable, and they give nuanced
performances, to help turn this into a rather fascinating piece of film.
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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