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Film round-up: August 11, 2022
Maria Duarte reviews Blind Ambition, Where is Anne Frank, Eiffel, and Between Two Dawns
EFFERVESCENT: Blind Ambition
When the ravages of Alzheimer’s leave an elderly woman marooned in painful memories of October 1950, her grandchild comes up with a creative strategy.
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SUE TURNER is compelled by a history that shows how far a country can turn in on itself to collude with abuses of power
RON JACOBS is persuaded by the parallel drawn between Charles Manson and Donald Trump
In this comparison of Britain pre- and post Thatcher, WILL POMORE applauds the analysis, but distrusts the solutions offered
MARIA DUARTE defends a solid, late-career Spielberg conspiracy flick that calls for empathy in a hostile world
Blind Ambition (12A)
Directed by Robert Coe and Warwick Ross
★★★★
AN INSPIRING and uplifting “underdog story” of how four Zimbabwean refugees, rose to fast become the top sommeliers in South Africa, and then joined forces to form the first black team to take part in the World WineTasting Championships in France.
You cannot help but root for Team Zimbabwe as the cameras follow Joseph, Pardon, Tinashe and Marlvin every step of the way on their quest against all the odds. Particularly when you realise that there is no wine making or wine consumption in their homeland and yet they discovered they had the nose for it.
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