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Julio, an aspiring but unproductive young writer, meets with Gazmuri, an established author seeking someone to type up the manuscript of his latest novel. Julio doesn t get the job, but in an attempt to save face he leads his neighbour and lover, Blanca, to believe that he is still transcribing Gazmuri s novel. In fact, Julio is writing his own version of the novel, entitled 'Bonsai'. In need of a plot, he recalls his relationship with Emilia, a bright fellow literature student who died eight years earlier; and as his memories of their youthful romance are shaped and refined, the writing of the novel unlocks a sequence of flashbacks in which reality and fiction, past and present intertwine...
Official Selection - Toronto International Film Festival 2011 Un Certain Regard - Cannes International Film Festival 2011 Official Selection - Raindance Film Festival 2011
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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), English ( Dolby Digital Stereo ), English ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (1.85:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Cast/Crew Interview(s), Interactive Menu, Scene Access, Trailer(s), SYNOPSIS: This romantic drama is based on Alejandro Zambra's award-winning novel about a young writer who turns to his first romance for creative inspiration. Screened in Cannes' Un Certain Regard section in 2011, the second feature from Chilean director Cristián Jiménez draws upon Proust's Remembrance of Things Past in its delicate, witty and poignant exploration of the relationship between life and fiction, and the search for authenticity. Julio, an aspiring but unproductive young writer, meets with Gazmuri, an established author seeking someone to type up the manuscript of his latest novel. Julio doesn't get the job, but in an attempt to save face he leads his neighbour and lover, Blanca, to believe that he is still transcribing Gazmuri's novel. In fact, Julio is writing his own version of the novel, entitled 'Bonsai'. In need of a plot, he recalls his relationship with Emilia, a bright fellow literature student who died eight years earlier; and as his memories of their youthful romance are shaped and refined, the writing of the novel unlocks a sequence of flashbacks in which reality and fiction, past and present intertwine... SCREENED/AWARDED AT: Cannes Film Festival, San Sebastian International Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, ...Bonsai ( Bonsái )
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Small trees, Poetry, Novel Writing in Chile and Proust - What's not to like?
9 Aug 2012
By Tommy D
TOP 100 REVIEWER
Format:DVD
This is a film by Christian Jiminez based on the book by Alejandro Zambra and it comes from Chile. It was premiered at Cannes and despite a theatre release in both the UK and USA in March went pretty quickly to DVD. It is about Julio who is into literature and we meet him as a student where his reticence to learn Proust is not seen as an aphrodisiac by the woman he wants Emilia. So his literary juices have to start flowing before any others can.
The story then moves on eight years and we meet an older, though equally lazy, Julio who is now with his soul mate. He is approached by a well known author who asks him to transcribe his latest novel as he has written it by hand. Well Julio asks a price but it is too high and so he don't get the gig. He has pretended that he still doing the job and so decides to write to novel himself sharing it with his friend, who becomes his aid and critic without knowing it is his work.
The film keeps going back in chapters eight years and then forward to the present and slowly reveals his inspiration and his lost love.
This is often slow paced, but is also funny, touching, warm and connects on so many levels. There is a lot of rutting but nothing that would induce retching in the maiden aunt so all perfectly acceptable. We also have the futility of poetry the blandness of rock and the power of the written word. The bonsai of the title is a metaphor for dyeing love trapped in a prison of its own making by the co-dependence that is all consuming in such circumstances, and it actually works really well.
This will not be to everyone's taste but as I watch a lot of World cinema I really appreciated it. It is in Spanish with really good sub titles and runs for around 100 minutes. This is for fans of quirky cinema in all its' guises and for fans of the lovelorn, who also like a bibliophile - recommended.
The story then moves on eight years and we meet an older, though equally lazy, Julio who is now with his soul mate. He is approached by a well known author who asks him to transcribe his latest novel as he has written it by hand. Well Julio asks a price but it is too high and so he don't get the gig. He has pretended that he still doing the job and so decides to write to novel himself sharing it with his friend, who becomes his aid and critic without knowing it is his work.
The film keeps going back in chapters eight years and then forward to the present and slowly reveals his inspiration and his lost love.
This is often slow paced, but is also funny, touching, warm and connects on so many levels. There is a lot of rutting but nothing that would induce retching in the maiden aunt so all perfectly acceptable. We also have the futility of poetry the blandness of rock and the power of the written word. The bonsai of the title is a metaphor for dyeing love trapped in a prison of its own making by the co-dependence that is all consuming in such circumstances, and it actually works really well.
This will not be to everyone's taste but as I watch a lot of World cinema I really appreciated it. It is in Spanish with really good sub titles and runs for around 100 minutes. This is for fans of quirky cinema in all its' guises and for fans of the lovelorn, who also like a bibliophile - recommended.
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