This is a superb film. Such a surprise.
With definite parallels with Abbas Kiarostami's Taste of Cherry, Goodbye Solo is about a man evidently preparing for suicide with some help from a cab driver.
On the other hand, is the cab driver, played brilliantly by Souleymane Sy Savane, who is on the opposite end of the effervescence spectrum. A Senegalese married to a Mexican, he dreams of becoming a flight attendant. Yet, he gets drawn into the suspicious but sad world of William, the man on the suicide trail.
For those with some time on their hands, this is a must-watch. Not often would you find a film so affecting and honest.
With definite parallels with Abbas Kiarostami's Taste of Cherry, Goodbye Solo is about a man evidently preparing for suicide with some help from a cab driver.
On the other hand, is the cab driver, played brilliantly by Souleymane Sy Savane, who is on the opposite end of the effervescence spectrum. A Senegalese married to a Mexican, he dreams of becoming a flight attendant. Yet, he gets drawn into the suspicious but sad world of William, the man on the suicide trail.
For those with some time on their hands, this is a must-watch. Not often would you find a film so affecting and honest.