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Limbo
Ok, I am one of the rare ones among my fellow movie buffs who just don’t get British humor. Some of it is ok but then most of the time I just don’t ‘get’ the humor and see what is so funny. Well I watched the screening of a new British film, ‘Limbo’, in which something clicked and I absolutely found some of the scenes flat out hysterical. I have read where comparisons are being made to Wes Anderson films as well and I can see why.
This is a great comedy-drama film about refugees on a remote Scottish Island seeking asylum in the UK. Unfortunately, most of them are in ‘limbo’, thus the title of the film. The central character is a young Syrian musician named Omar, who plays an instrument called an oud, which is similar to a guitar. Omar is kind of wandering through his life waiting to hear the outcome of his asylum application. In the meantime, he communicates with his family via the only pay phone on the island. He also is learning to adjust living with other people with other quirky and odd personalities, thus where a lot of humor comes into play. The way they interact with each other is just hysterical, including the classes that they have to attend. While Omar does seem to be lost and in a hopeless daze, when he finally plays his instrument for an audience he comes alive. It is a great scene!
While a comedy in spots, this film also addresses a serious subject but does it in a great way. The actors all work with each other so well and the interjections of sudden scenes or actors, such as person in a scooter or a delivery truck playing classic music is just too funny.
The other amazing thing is the cinematography – absolutely beautiful scenes of the island.
Great film!
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