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Tim Kirkman
États-Unis 2005
90min English o.v.
Inspired by true events and unflaggingly true to life with its beautiful subtlety, Loggerheads charts the course of an adoption triad – birth mother, child, and adoptive parents – as they struggle to bridge the gaps of time, space, and culture that separate them. In a North Carolina beach town, lonely motel manager, George (Michael Kelly), befriends a new arrival: the attractive vagabond, Michael (played by a criminally hunky, Kip Pardue). While claiming to be in town to protect the endangered Loggerhead turtles, Michael may actually be running away from something. Elsewhere in NC, preacher’s wife Elizabeth (Tess Harper) notices that a pair of gay men has just moved across the street. Elizabeth is appalled by this and another recent neighbourhood development, but her feelings are masking an even deeper disturbance. Another woman, Grace (Bonnie Hunt), is also coming to terms with a deep down pain – she gave up a child for adoption many years ago. So she comes back to her hometown with hopes – and help from a pseudo-detective – to find him. With his narrative feature debut, Kirkman (The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me, image+nation 15) interweaves these three profound stories to create a a portrait of familial detachment and longing that is at once a universal, and hauntingly beautiful tale of love, loss and the longing for connection. A must for romantics and cinephiles alike, Loggerheads is a deep and powerful cinematic experience. – LF
Shown on:
thursday, november 10, 9H30 PM parisien 2 - pgm57 (Loggerheads + Los ojos de Emilio)
saturday, november 12, 9H40 PM parisien 6 - pgm73 (Loggerheads + Los ojos de Emilio)