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BALANCE NOT SYMMETRY
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Dir: Jamie Adams (15, 97 mins)
Porthcawl-based director Jamie Adams goes to Scotland in another of his improvised films, this time with the added beef of Biffy Clyro providing the soundtrack and story input from lead singer Simon Neil. It follows Laura Harrier (Spiderman: Homecoming), a student at the Glasgow School Of Art, grieving for her father following his sudden death. She now has to channel that grief into something creative, with the help of the wayward and erratically engaging best friend Hannah played by The Florida Project’s Bria Vinaite. Kate Dickie provides customary gravitas as Harrier’s grieving mother and the music from Biffy Clyro propels the character study along. Great emotional upheavals and difficulties can always bring out the most creativity in an artist, with writer/director Adams creating this film as he dealt with his own father’s death. A film/music crossover with a great soundtrack, this is a step up for the Welsh writer/director, a bigger budget and a different country to be photographed with aplomb by frequent collaborator Ryan Eddleston.
Opens Aug 2
words Kieron Self