[Reellife] Homestretch for this year's VIFF...

[dave olsen]

This year's Vancouver International Film Festival has just 3 more days of 
scintillating cinema...if you're lucky, you won't even need an umbrella to take 
the rest in.

Tomorrow, two films I really enjoyed play one last time:

<http://www.viff.org/festival/films/f14901-i-am-nojoom-age-10-and-divorced>I am 
Nojoom, Age 10 and Divorced 
<http://www.viff.org/festival/films/f14901-i-am-nojoom-age-10-and-divorced> is 
set in Yemen and, you guessed it, is about 10 year old Nojoom who is married and 
divorced by the end of the film.

She is a sweet little girl that seems to have a fate not much different than 
many of a similar age, except she simply doesn't accept it and she finds a Judge 
willing to take on and outsmart the religious leaders.

My daughter (also aged 10) also enjoyed it, even with subtitles. The insight to 
another culture is precious and the acting is mostly well done.

The story doesn't sentimentalize her situation either; all sides are portrayed 
so no one is demonized.  However, it also exposes cultural norms and assumptions 
to show just how this tragedy could happen in the first place.

I am Nojoom, Age 10 and Divorced 
<http://www.viff.org/festival/films/f14901-i-am-nojoom-age-10-and-divorced> 
plays tomorrow, Oct 7 @ 10:30 am atInternational Village #9 
<http://www.viff.org/festival/venues/international-village-9>


<http://www.viff.org/festival/films/f16254-monty-python-the-meaning-of-live>Monty Python: 
The Meaning of Live 
<http://www.viff.org/festival/films/f16254-monty-python-the-meaning-of-live> 
documents the hilarious reunion of 5 of the original 6 (or as John Cleese puts 
it: 1 down, 5 to go), apparently to pay off legal bills from nefarious lawyers 
and suiters.

Regardless, everyone seems to enjoy these get togethers, fan and performer 
alike.  The comedy is as fresh and strong as ever and these guys seem to be 
genuinely honest and gracious as well.

The film is so well put together you'll wonder where it went, it goes by so 
quickly.  Just like the 45 years since they started...will this really be the 
last Python?  Let's hope not!

Monty Python: The Meaning of Live 
<http://www.viff.org/festival/films/f16254-monty-python-the-meaning-of-live> 
plays tomorrow, Oct 7 @ 9:15 pm in theCentre for Performing Arts 
<http://www.viff.org/festival/venues/centre-for-performing-arts>


And on Thursday, Oct 8 @ 9:15pm in the Vancity Theatre, Very Semi-Serious 
<http://www.viff.org/festival/films/f15996-very-semi-serious> will play one last 
time...I'll have that review for you tomorrow on ReelLife. wordpress.com


PS. Did you see that Hurricane <www.viff.org/festival/films/f17675-hurricane> 
that blew through Vancouver?  It's likely to return - in 3D - and it definitely 
is one to see in the safety of a theatre.  The power it documents is truly 
incredible, a feat for the filmmakers...
-- 

Warmly,
dave/
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