Uplifting Heartache
It's no easy task to get an audience to connect with, and care about, a film's characters in just 20 minutes, but Ben Verrall and his team of co-writers achieve this brilliantly with Shouting at the Sea. It manages to do what all great character-driven films do: Make poignant heartache somehow feel redemptive and uplifting.
The performances of the two protagonists are wonderful, played subtly and seemingly effortlessly, allowing the watcher to feel as if they're glimpsing a moment of reality - one that is shot beautifully, managing to capture the essence of a once-great seaside town in need of the love and attention so clearly craved by one of its inhabitants. The addition of the ever-brilliant Daisy Haggard as the voice of the sea is a great touch, bringing a poeticism very much in keeping with the piece.
I'll very much look forward to what this up-and-coming British director produces next.
The performances of the two protagonists are wonderful, played subtly and seemingly effortlessly, allowing the watcher to feel as if they're glimpsing a moment of reality - one that is shot beautifully, managing to capture the essence of a once-great seaside town in need of the love and attention so clearly craved by one of its inhabitants. The addition of the ever-brilliant Daisy Haggard as the voice of the sea is a great touch, bringing a poeticism very much in keeping with the piece.
I'll very much look forward to what this up-and-coming British director produces next.
- josephtellis-24223
- 20 nov 2024