Slum Beautiful

This past weekend I have seen two films. One that is a few years old, and one that is brand new. The first one I saw on Friday was "The Squid and The Whale".The films is about a family in Brooklyn, NY. The dad is a writer and a teacher whose career and success just have gone downwards. The mom on the other hand rejoices newly success with her articles getting published, which makes the existing gap between them even wider and they decide to divorce. Their two sons can't understand or accept this at first, bet get told that everything will work out fine for them with the parents having joint custody.
It is a really dark and tragic film showing a really awful divorce and split of a family. So tragic that it sometimes becomes quite humorous in a way, how they behave and take sides. Not your typical Friday feelgood film, but a very well done drama about a serious topic that many probably go through. Hopefully not as bad as this. This was director Noah Baumbach's big breakthrough, and I will definetely see his latest film "Margot at The Wedding"

The other film I saw on Sunday at the Gala Theatre cinema together with more than ten other friends from college is a new Indian film called "Slumdog Millionaire". Normally on Sundays the St Aidan's International Film Club is showing a film at college, but even better to go to the cinema for just £4.70 as a student and fun to see something else than American or European films. It is directed by "Trainspotting"-director Danny Boyle, and has been very highly criticized and won four Golden Globes and is nominated to ten Oscars.The film is about Jamal, a young man raised in the slums of Mumbai who serves tea at a call center for living, who is about to win 20 million rupies in the Indian version of "Who wants to be a millionaire?", but is accused of cheating and taken to the police where he tries to prove his innocence. The story about Jamal's life is told in a very smart way, and even though it looks back in time you never know what is going to happen. It includes love, brotherhood, thrill, and much more. One of the best films I've seen in a long time, just fantastic in every way. The music through the film is great too and includes for example M.I.A. I really hope it wins some Oscars, because this is a must see!