un gran
bel film con un Peter Fonda protagonista, bravissimo, una storia che affonda
nel Vietnam e arriva ai dolori di oggi.
bravi tutti gli attori e bravo Victor Nunez, che tira
fuori un piccolo grande film.
da recuperare, senza alcun dubbio - Ismaele
Storia di
affetti familiari negati. Storia di un ritorno. Ulee sbarca il lunario facendo
l'apicoltore e deve badare alle nipoti (una adolescente e una ancora più
piccola) visto che il figlio è in galera per una rapina, la nuora non si sa
dove sia e le moglie(Penelope) è morta. La vita di Ulee scorre in una piatta
routine quotidiana,chiuso in se stesso senza sentire il bisogno di vita
sociale, fino a che riceve la telefonata da due amici del figlio che hanno
trovato la nuora. La prende, drogata fino agli occhi promettendo che darà ai
due il bottino della rapina di anni prima e che non era mai stato ritrovato. Con sorpresa finale…
…Nunez has a gift for finding the essence, the soul, of his actors;
that's why Harris and Judd were so good, and why Peter Fonda here reveals a
depth of talent we did not suspect. Nunez is attentive to the quiet in Fonda's
nature, to the deeply buried anger, and to the intelligence. There is a
situation late in this film that involves a gun, and the Fonda character handles
it like a chessmaster, figuring out what the real threat is, and how his
opponents will react. Raised on routine movies, we figure Ulee will grab for
the gun. Ulee is smarter and deeper than that.
The scenes between Fonda and Richardson are charged with quiet tension.
Obviously she likes him. He tells her he is no longer good at--well, getting
along with people. She understands. What happens between them happens slowly
and tactfully. And Nunez is just as careful in the way he introduces Ulee's
profession. We learn something about bees, and a lot about beekeepers, but
“Ulee's Gold” is not a documentary; all of the information is used in the
story, especially in a scene where one of the granddaughters uses bees in a
parable she tells her mother. Basically, it comes down to: You take care of
them, and they'll take care of you.
…Nunez's script is thoughtful and intelligent, and it
challenges his actors with fully-formed personalities for them to breathe life
into (Peter Fonda, in fact, called Ulee "the best character I've ever
read"). The highest compliment I can offer Ulee's Gold is
that it plays more like real life than a movie. During the course of the film,
we learn a little about the different grades of honey. And, just as the light
golden Tupelo is in the top echelon, so too is Ulee's Gold.
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