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Mood:
- SentimentalTouchingHumorousOffbeatBittersweet
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Plot:
- Coming of AgeFriendshipYouthFriendsFilmmakingMind and SoulMisfitFamily Relations more...
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Genres:
- DramaComedyFamily
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century80s
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Place:
- EnglandSmall Town
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- Award WinnerCritically Acclaimed
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- Film in Film
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Son of Rambow, 2007
English, French
France, UK, Germany
Profile of Son of Rambow
Son of Rambow can be described as sentimental, touching, and bittersweet. The plot revolves around coming of age, friendship, and youth. The main genres are drama, comedy, and family. In terms of style, Son of Rambow is a film in a film. In approach, it is realistic. It is set, at least in part, in a small town. Son of Rambow is located in England. It takes place in the 1980s. The movie has received attention for being an award winner and critically acclaimed.
Summary of Son of Rambow
Writer-director Garth Jennings and producer Nick Goldsmith, who as Hammer & Tongs have made music videos for such groups as Fatboy Slim, Supergrass, Blur, and REM, follow up their 2005 film, THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY, with the charming indie SON OF RAMBOW, a love letter to the movies. A success at such festivals as Toronto and Sundance, SON OF RAMBOW stars Bill Milner as Will Proudfoot, a shy, reserved young boy who is different from the other kids because his family is part of the Brethren, a religion that shuns the outside world, not allowing him to have friends at school or to watch television. While in the hallway in school one day because he can't watch an educational film in class, Will gets into a fight with Lee Carter (Will Poulter), a tough kid who gets into trouble all the time. Lee forces Will to help him make a homemade version of the Sylvester Stallone film FIRST BLOOD, but after watching the original, Will is captivated by the movie and writes his own sequel, casting himself as the son of Rambo (he misspells the name of the character). Will and Lee use their imagination and lots of grit to get the project off the ground, bonding as only blood brothers can. But soon the entire school wants to participate in the movie, including ultra-cool French exchange student Didier Revol (Jules Sitruk), jeopardizing the integrity of the production as well as Will and Lee's growing friendship. Milner and Poulter, both making their feature-film debuts, are engaging as the lead characters. Jennings sets SON OF RAMBOW in the 1980s, before cell phones, digital cameras, and YouTube changed the way people communicate. Amid a soundtrack that includes music from such seminal period bands as the Cure and Depeche Mode, the two young boys learn about family and friendship, jealousy and ego as their carefully controlled worlds threaten to implode.
Details
| Language: | English, French |
| Country: | France, UK, Germany |
| Release date: | 22 January 2007 |
| Runtime: | 96 min |
Cast and Crew
as Lee Carter
as Will Proudfoot
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