Was there anyone, truly, who left The Full Monty wondering what these lads would be up to in three decades’ time?
The 1997 film was a complete work in itself, with few plot threads left dangling and no cinematic universe necessary. Hulu’s new sequel, also titled The Full Monty, doesn’t offer an obvious justification for its own existence either. There’s no inciting incident that brings us back to Sheffield, and no motivating goal once we’re there. The most explicit homage to the movie’s famous dance number plays (amusingly) like maybe the cast joked that they wouldn’t do the routine again if they had a gun to their heads.
Yet in spite of it all, the series works more often than not. The show (created by Simon Beaufoy, who also wrote the film) makes the bet that although the stripper plot might be what most people remember about The Full Monty,...
The 1997 film was a complete work in itself, with few plot threads left dangling and no cinematic universe necessary. Hulu’s new sequel, also titled The Full Monty, doesn’t offer an obvious justification for its own existence either. There’s no inciting incident that brings us back to Sheffield, and no motivating goal once we’re there. The most explicit homage to the movie’s famous dance number plays (amusingly) like maybe the cast joked that they wouldn’t do the routine again if they had a gun to their heads.
Yet in spite of it all, the series works more often than not. The show (created by Simon Beaufoy, who also wrote the film) makes the bet that although the stripper plot might be what most people remember about The Full Monty,...
- 6/13/2023
- by Angie Han
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Claimed by both Iraq and Kurdistan, the town of Sinjar in northern Iraq was the site of an Isil massacre of the Yazidi people in 2014 that lead to a devastating situation which human rights organizations call genocide. The town gives its name to the latest film from Spanish director Anna M. Bofarull who also wrote the narrative feature.
Bofarull co-produced with Spain’s KaBoGa and U.S. company Genius at Large. Barcelona-based Filmax took international rights earlier this year, and is releasing the film in Spain. The film follows several real life stories and takes us inside the conflict from these women’s experience of rape, sexual slavery and abuse.
The film was shot partly in northern Iraq. Top-liners include Nora Navas, Halima Ilter and Eman Eido, a Yazidi woman who was held hostage by Isis for several years. Variety spoke with Anna Bofarull about the film.
Eman Eido is...
Bofarull co-produced with Spain’s KaBoGa and U.S. company Genius at Large. Barcelona-based Filmax took international rights earlier this year, and is releasing the film in Spain. The film follows several real life stories and takes us inside the conflict from these women’s experience of rape, sexual slavery and abuse.
The film was shot partly in northern Iraq. Top-liners include Nora Navas, Halima Ilter and Eman Eido, a Yazidi woman who was held hostage by Isis for several years. Variety spoke with Anna Bofarull about the film.
Eman Eido is...
- 10/20/2021
- by Liza Foreman
- Variety Film + TV
The film is based on real-life stories of women living under Isis.
Spanish sales, distribution and production company Filmax has picked up international rights to the completed drama Sinjar, based on real-life stories about the Islamic State and its horrific consequences, focusing on the lives of three women. Filmax will also distribute the title in Spain.
Sinjar is the third feature from writer-director Anna M. Bofarull, who is also co-producing with Spain’s KaBoGa and US outfit Genius at Large. Filmax will market premiere the finished film during the Cannes Pre-Screenings week, and also has a promo for buyers.
The...
Spanish sales, distribution and production company Filmax has picked up international rights to the completed drama Sinjar, based on real-life stories about the Islamic State and its horrific consequences, focusing on the lives of three women. Filmax will also distribute the title in Spain.
Sinjar is the third feature from writer-director Anna M. Bofarull, who is also co-producing with Spain’s KaBoGa and US outfit Genius at Large. Filmax will market premiere the finished film during the Cannes Pre-Screenings week, and also has a promo for buyers.
The...
- 6/17/2021
- by Elisabet Cabeza
- ScreenDaily
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