Lake Tahoe

Lake Tahoe (15)

Distinctive and understated, the comic touches recall Hal Hartley and Jim Jarmusch

Director: Fernando Eimbcke
Starring: Diego Cataño, Hector Herrera, Daniela Valentine
Mexico, 2008, 1 hour 21 minutes, subtitles

Sat 4 April 6.00pm - The Courtyard Hereford

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This gently funny story follows a young boy who crashes a car and searches a sleepy Yucatan town, peopled with odd characters - a puny Bruce Lee obsessive, a wannabe punk singer - for a mechanic to fix it. Humour and melancholy combine in gorgeous-looking scenes in which not a lot is said, but silence speaks volumes. Like The Band's Visit last year, this distinctive and understated film provides a small but perfectly formed study of friendship, love, loss and the importance of family ties.

Winner FIPRESCI Award for Best Film Berlin International Film Festival 2008

External Links: Variety review