Belgium
Intense story which jumps around the seven years of a relationship between a woman who is a self-employed tattoo artist and a man who plays banjo in an authentic bluegrass band.
The intensity comes from the slow, agonizing death of their daughter from bone cancer. We get to see all the stages in their lives together - the good and the bad - in jumbled-up time. The two leads were very good and the music was excellent, in fact without the music the film would have been a serious drag. A couple of things clunked, not enough to ruin the film but they did hurt.
Film included a wicked takedown of George Bush and no matter how much I see that as a good thing in principle it actually hurt the film.
Belgium's entry into this year's oscar contest.
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