DON'T GIVE UP THE GHOST |
CREST THEATRE In French & English, with English subtitles. REVIEWS There is a light, sweet humor and playfulness in the film’s tone and those boys are responsible for creating that. It helps that they are already siblings and the depth of that relationship is obvious but they also show a natural gift for the film’s rhythms; its humor is their own. And, perhaps more importantly, the overall story is a lovely one. This is a delightful example of magical realism, where the audience is never quite sure if there really is something supernatural going on or perhaps it is just the boys’ imaginations. Peter Small - Clear Blue Eye |
Summer vacation. Three French brothers, Matt, Eliot, and Lucas (17, 14 and 7 years old) follow their American mother to San Francisco where she must take care of the house of her missing uncle. As the police investigate his mysterious disappearance, Eliot makes contact with his ghost, learns that he was murdered, and that the wicked Snorter is searching for his soul - to eat it. The ghost is rather pleasant and because he hands the boys $100 bills hidden in books, the brothers agree to find his soul and save it from the Snorter… but what does a soul look like exactly? Acclaimed award-winning French screenwriter-director Jean-Louis Milesi (The Town is Quiet - SFFF 2002, Marius & Jeannette - SFFF 2011, Lino - SFFF 2011, The Snows of Kilimanjaro - SFFF 2012) moved his family from France to San Francisco in 2010. Soon after, he decided to write a screenplay to pay tribute to his adopted new home, and convinced his three sons, Matteo, Hugo, and Lino, to become the heroes of his movie. And thus, Don't Give Up the Ghost, a family movie for a family audience, was born! The film was financed by crowdfunding and 95 percent of the film was shot in the Bay Area. Let's follow the Milesi boys around San Francisco and Berkeley! Shown with ONCE UPON A TIME MY PRINCE WILL COME (Il était une fois mon prince viendra) by
Lola Naymark. CREST THEATRE |
