Day 3 of the film festival saw record crowds again. If you still haven’t had a chance to attend, or if you are new to this whole thing, Vincent Wants to Sea is Sunday at 4:30pm.
Vincent has turrets syndrome which embarrasses his politician father whenever he has a speaking outbreak. In Germany (or at least in this film), a 27-year old can be “sent” to a home. Almost immediately, he befriends an obsessive-compulsive and an anorexic and and they escape in the therapists’ car on a road trip to visit the sea in Italy where a photo of his late mother was taken.
The Italian landscape of mountains, sky and sea had me salivating. The characters mostly were believable and likable. Of course the therapist and politician father follow them later on, but not before they learn a few predictable lessons. As a festival attendee, I try to avoid any film that looks like a typical Hollywood story. But this film does Hollywood better than anything you may see this year. Several others with me LOVED this film so take my review with a grain of sea sand.
If you know someone who is thinking of trying out the festival, Vincent is the perfect film to becoming a regular attendee.
Rating: Film fest purist 2 1/2 stars out of 4. New film goer: 3 1/2 stars.
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