Grand Tour
Director
Runtime
129 Minutes
Country
Portugal, Italy, France
Classification
M
Masterful director Miguel Gomes Gomes (Tabu, Arabian Nights) returns with a sweeping journey across Asia. On the eve of his wedding in 1917, colonial officer Edward impulsively flees his station in Rangoon, with his fiancé Molly in hot pursuit. What follows is a kaleidoscopic series of strange encounters, as the film blends fiction and documentary, past and present, and colour and stately monochrome. By turns whimsical, melancholic, and playfully exploratory, Gomes presents us with multiple perspectives, ruminating on the folly of the colonial project, while pushing the boundaries of cinematic storytelling in this strikingly original film which won the Best Director prize at Cannes this year.
“Bristling with life and song and revelatory collisions between cultures and timeframes, the Portuguese master's Cannes Competition title is a healing balm for trying times.”
Variety
“Another seductive ode to cinema by this most cinephilic of filmmakers.”
Sight & Sound
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Film Credits
Director
Miguel Gomes
Year
2024
Country
Portugal, Italy & France
Language
Portuguese, Chinese, Thai, French, Burmese, Vietnamese, Filipino & Japanese
Subtitles
English
Type
Feature & Fiction
Program Strand
World Cinema
Producer
Filipa Reis
Writer
Telmo Churro, Maureen Fazendeiro, Miguel Gomes & Mariana Ricardo
Cinematographer
Guo Liang, Sayombhu Mukdeeprom & Rui Poças AIP ABC
Editor
Telmo Churro & Pedro Filipe Marques
Cast
Gonçalo Waddington, Crista Alfaiate & Cláudio da Silva
Film Source
Potential Films
Genre
Cinephile, Drama & History
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Sunday 27 Oct 2024
05:00 pm
Grand Tour
The Piccadilly:
The Piccadilly: Cinema 2
Sunday 3 Nov 2024
03:30 pm
Grand Tour
The Mercury