Home Road Movies (2001)

Regisseur:

Robert Bradbrook

Drehbuchautor:

Ian Sellar (screenplay)

Genre:

Trickfilm | Kurzfilm | Drama

Plot:

A sweet reminiscence about a family of four children and their RAF-veteran dad, who knows the timetable of every bus in London...

Plot Keywords:

Airplane | Auto Repair | Brewery | Bridge | Bus Stop

Filmpreise:

Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 10 wins & 1 nomination

Nutzerkommentare:

Who Wants Children ?

Besetzung

Bill Paterson	...	Father
Phelim McDermott	...	Narrator (voice)
Amal Anwar	...	Child #1 (voice)
Joseph Ariolt-Edwards	...	Child #2 (voice)
Tom Eilenberg	...	Child #3 (voice)
Rob Robinson	...	Child #4 (voice)
Gem Souleyman	...	Child #5 (voice)

Alternativ:

Robert Bradbrook's Home Road Movies (USA) (complete title)

Länge:

12 Min

Produktionsland:

UK

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Altersfreigabe:

Germany:o.Al.

Firma:

Fine Take Productions

Soundtrack:

Split Level

Who Wants Children ?

Other reviewers have described HOME ROAD MOVIES as " bitter-sweet " and that's a correct description but despite the story being told from the point of view of one of the father's children all my sympathy was firmly with the dad . He's fought in the war ( And lets everyone know it ! ) and because he wants to give his children some happiness in their lives he buys a car and takes them for holidays in Europe . Unfortunately as the children become adolescents they don't think holidaying with their parents is all that exciting and decide to go on their own holidays . As pointed out this is " bitter- sweet " but am I alone in thinking bitter comes more and more to the fore ? The father looks more depressed and fatalistic as the story progresses until one day he makes a trip to hospital alone , yes alone , the narrator who tells the story lets his father take one last one way journey to hospital alone . Children . Who would have them ?