Murdo, 15, and his father, Tom, journey from Scotland to North Alabama to visit their American/Scots relatives after the death of his mother. Murdo is an accordion player but has not played since his mother passed. He meets an old lady called Queen Monzee-ay who plays accordion. She rekindles his interest in music and invites him play a gig with her. The music becomes a wedge which drives itself between him and his father, who out of the best intentions tries to control him. ... (Full plot summary below)
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Murdo, 15, and his father, Tom, journey from Scotland to North Alabama to visit their American/Scots relatives after the death of his mother. Murdo is an accordion player but has not played since his mother passed. He meets an old lady called Queen Monzee-ay who plays accordion. She rekindles his interest in music and invites him play a gig with her. The music becomes a wedge which drives itself between him and his father, who out of the best intentions tries to control him. Eventually Murdo transcends his father and follows the music.
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| The Herald (Scotland)Alison RowatKelman's minimal plot/stream of consciousness style, which works so brilliantly on the page, is not enough to fuel a film badly in need of more meat on its bones. |
| User ReviewJulia PEnjoyed all the music, but the "drama" was a little too slow.... I had little empathy for the characters. |
| User Reviewliz bBeautifully shot, complex portrait of the Deep South (USA), seen through the eye of a young person utterly new to the milieu, and who connects through the context of music. Unexpectedly, there were extended scenes of actual musicians playing and singing, which was enjoyable, but also meant a slow pace. The writer is a Scottish person who has also lived in the US for long periods of time, and had some insightful things to say about both the way outsiders (particularly Brits) can see it as rather monolithic/ confined to stereotypes, and also about the meanings of tiny interactions there in everyday life that connect to wider issues such as historical and current race relations. |
