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与艾娃

简介

　　Last at` the Festiva.l with 2017=][’s rural noi*r
!@%Dark River, a selection i%,n+ :)the P! \]l%atform pr;o)gramme, writer-director Clio B,(!arnar$.d r-/etu]rns- to the Bradford, West Yo)`rkshire settin-g\ of her! earlier films for this tu#[mult@[uous, fi%ercely *)+affecti-;ng midli [fe;^ .]love!+\ stor^,y.　　A b*und]le of good humo])ur #@`and nerv$, ous energy, A([,,li (A
deel Akhtar)[] is a British Pakistani working-cl a^ss :land%lo,rd who forge?[s close $,bond\%`s with his te@#/(n @ants. O( ne day, w $
hile picking up one(% o
f h^is te`^!n]$a#.+nt:\s_-,’ ch`ildren from/) sch)+`ool*), he *offers a l(=)i%ft t;@o Av+
?a (Claire Rush(b% r[+ook),) an I!rish-born teacher and single mother $ of five. They ::[:b#on`!d al(most instantly throu`
%%gh th[eir lo
ve of ;.%m^_us ;?ic, though
 Ali f?avours the! high e
n ?ergy of[, Buzzcocks and hip-hop while Ava takes=?= refuge[ in  th+e quieter co:+mf)ort]^
s o*f B[\ ob Dyl
+!?an:(, and Kar/+\en Dalt!on. Despite their d#
ivergent bac%kgrounds/,[ differenc?es; i=n +their stages of/: li::`_fe, a.:nd t^? he c` olo[]ur of their skin, d.$espite the fact of Ali!:’s f/.ailing ma`r,.ri=+ag#-%e @and`_ Ava’s frau([ght relation?^sh ip wit.%h+$ h,=)+%er a.?d.\]+ult and adolescen# +t]/ children)(], eac]h fi.``nds t[$hemself]`; [irresistibly d`/\^rawn ..to[ the oth[#,)er..) But ]can/-* $.their mutua:(l desire tr@;.a!ns*.?cend a ba^/r. rage of pe,;@rsona.*l- obsta\(\cles:?　　In
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spired )by peop  ;le ][Barnard encountered w()hile m/`ak!%;in g her accla#imed fe)atur?:;es The Arbor and T@_[he Selfish `*Gia\nt, Ali [Ava is a film !^that [)_fee#/!ls profoundly roote) d in live+ d e^`(xperience, blend[`ing a !tender [#emotional complexity with an at time s -_bracing depiction o f t*rauma and! +#?g/rief^. A!\$ khtar-;= and`$* Rushbrook’s f@#inely hue\#d perform ances /:.speak to the setting?’s cultura:l div [ersit=y a`+(nd tribal loyaltie%s while yieldin%+g(\^ a vuln.er?ability that’`s alternately heart-wrenchi
)ng ,# and $j(/o
%yous. Their story( `?ser[_ves as a reminder that it is sometime,+s t !\he?/! lea@#st likely connecti*ons that are + the ones most worth purs:(/uing.