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Friday, February 7, 2014

Foreign Movie Review: WHEN WE LEAVE (2010) AA

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Wonderful sensitive movie about the struggle women face in worlds where old religious and family taboos still exist. Show the struggle that woman must face who want to remain in a very restrictive family culture and also wants freedom to explore their potential in the world. (Probably 3/4 of the world's population). A MUST SEE FOR WOMEN AS WELL AS MEN. Only problem: A little slow at times. Available from Netflix.

From Rottentomatoes:

When awarding the film Best Narrative Feature Award, and Best Actress Award for Sibel Kekilli, the Tribeca Film Festival Narrative Jury said of the film: "WHEN WE LEAVE examines one woman's struggle for personal freedom. It is a riveting and heartbreaking story of a woman trapped in an abusive relationship, who must not only free herself from that marriage, but also the cultural prejudices and judgments that would keep her there.

The film balances complex social issues with honest human yearnings. WHEN WE LEAVE is also a story of tenderness, the struggle for compassion, the inexorable pull of family and the need to love and be loved."

This movie was recently shown at the Wycliffe Country Club as part of the Brandeis Study Group

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Warren is retired and lives in Florida where he runs a foreign movie program for adults. He subscribes to NETFLIX and uses Rotten Tomatoes as one of the sources for selecting movies to review.

Started watching movies at about eight years old and was strongly influenced by "Fantasia" for it's combination of music and fantasy. He was profoundly impacted in his early teen years by the social content in "I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG".

As a kid he used to enter the movie house in the middle of a double feature and leave when the movie reached the part where he came in. Loved serials and was able to see most double features for ten or twenty-five cents.

A graduate of Columbia University and City College of New York (CCNY), he strongly believes that good movies . . . with mature content . . . are a significant supplement to education and insight into the world around us. No egghead, he also believes that "It's A Wonderful Life", "Young Frankenstein", "The Producers", West Side Story", and "Seven Brides For Seven Brothers" are great films.