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To celebrate the release of “Genova” in Australia, Moviehole in association with Palace Films is giving 10 lucky readers the chance to win a double-pass to see the film.
From acclaimed filmmaker Michael Winterbottom (”A Mighty Heart”, ”Tristram Shandy”, ”Wonderland”) comes ”Genova”, an intimate and beautifully nuanced familial drama about love, loss and forgiveness, set against the captivating beauty of the eponymous Italian city.
Following a tragic accident, widowed Joe (Colin Firth, ”Mamma Mia!”) decides to leave behind his home in the United States – which holds too many memories – in search of a new start. With hopes that the change of setting will help to pull his fractured family together, Joe relocates himself and his two young daughters to the exotic town of Genova, Italy, where he accepts a position teaching at the local university.
As Joe rekindles an old friendship with university colleague Barbara (Catherine Keener, ”Being John Malkovich”), his daughters occupy their time by attending piano lessons and exploring the labyrinth-like laneways of the old city. 16-year-old Kelly (Willa Holland, ”The O.C”.) finds herself drawn into the sexy and dangerous underbelly of this mysterious new world, speeding around on Vespas and partying with the local boys, while the younger Mary (Perla Haney-Jardine, ”Kill Bill Vol. 2”), who is most clearly struggling with her grief, begins to have visions of her mother (Hope Davis, ”Synecdoche, New York”) wandering the streets.
An insightful exploration into the power of grief and the strength of family, Genova is enriched by the sensitively felt performances of its talented cast of both well established and up-and-coming actors. Visually exquisite and emotionally enthralling, this latest offering from the prolific Winterbottom will take audiences on a journey of the heart which they won’t soon forget.
To Win : Tell us the two times Firth has played someone with the surname ‘Darcy’?
In Cinemas November 5
