It was a pleasure to see this second premier at the local hot-spot venue, the Caroline of Brunswick, across the road from the Level. Upstairs, it was jam-packed in the L-shaped room filled with some of the all-female cast in the film present.
There is a Facebook presence (https://www.facebook.com/AllHeartMovie) and moves afoot to re-premier it elsewhere.
The plot was discursive and melodic with a busker Jo Maultby playing a crucial role in helping the lost soul find her way. Jo Maultby should be credited more for her amazing musical contribution and her acting debut as the busker.
Hazel is at a crossroads in her life: Hazel tries. She tries to be organised, she tries to be practical. Things don't seem to work out, and the well-meaning interventions of her flatmates and relatives don't help. Then her life-long idol has a complete change of attitude about life, and Hazel is forced to re-examine her own ideas and plans...
The film company come from idontknowaboutartproductions, an off-shoot of the Brighton Film Makers' Coalition. (Google for more info.) Too good to have a Plot-spoiler in this review: suffice it to say, it does not have the same plot as the 1962 film The L-Shaped Room - the venue here in the Caroline of Brunswick - but had some of the complicated conceptual twists and turns of the film by Brian Forbes.
“Be Kind To Me” was a constant refrain as the cursor on the Facebook hovered over the screen. Off-screen, the velvet hand-cuffs were released. Mugged by a good Samaritans. You will always miss the bus if you stand in the wrong bus-stop. Check out http://www.unsigned.com/…..
It’s a wrap,,,
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