Sentences with phrase «poignant drama of»

Moreover, just about this time, Carol Edgarian published her poignant drama of the Armenian Genocide and the diaspora, Rise the Euphrates.

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But for many, the most poignant moment of the debate was a speech by Conservative MP Charles Walker, chair of Parliament's Procedure Committee and a key player in the drama.

Set at all - female Wellesley College in 1953, this is an uplifting and poignant drama about one woman's desire to enrich the lives of her students.

More compelling than the general run of fictional drama, and often funnier, sadder and more poignant, Cops at first seems to be an unassembled jigsaw puzzle... This is a documentary being pieced together before our eyes.

Shot in Super 16 mm and featuring a quartet of nuanced, understated performances from Jeff Daniels, Laura Linney, Jesse Eisenberg, and Owen Kline, this comic and poignant drama, peppered with autobiographical elements, deftly captures the heartache and confusion of a fracturing family.

He is well - known worldwide for being one of the most versatile actors of all time, equally known for his poignant portrayals in both drama and comedy.

While it possesses all the hallmarks that made Shelton's debut film, Humpday, so entertaining (an interesting, imaginative plot, a stellar cast, hints of poignant drama), Touchy Feely never quite makes the plight of its characters truly engaging.

It starts out as standard kid comedy fare a la Diary of a Wimpy Kid or How to Eat Fried Worms, but then unexpectedly snowballs into a poignant drama with weightier themes of life and death.

Set in 2002, Greta Gerwig's semi-autobiographical coming - of - age drama takes a simple premise — a daughter's (Ronan) tumultuous relationship with her mother (Laurie Metcalf)-- and makes it universal with rapid - fire witticisms and poignant characterisations.

Writer - director Greta Gerwig's poignant coming - of - age drama Lady Bird came in as the runner - up.

The other three nominees are the colorful «La Femme et le TGV» (starring French New Wave icon Jane Birkin, mother of Charlotte Gainsbourg, in the lead role), which will tug the heart strings of older Academy members, the poignant choir drama «Sing,» from London - based Hungarian director Kristof Deák, and Spanish director Juanjo Giménez's «Timecode,» an elegant portrait of loneliness and connection.

● BEHIND THE CURTAIN: TODRICK HALL ● THE DEATH AND LIFE OF MARSHA P. JOHNSON ● FREAK SHOW, by Trudie Styler, is an effervescent, poignant, and wildly funny coming - of - age drama about a teenager who challenges parental warnings, bullying, and the status quo to truly be his fabulous selOF MARSHA P. JOHNSON ● FREAK SHOW, by Trudie Styler, is an effervescent, poignant, and wildly funny coming - of - age drama about a teenager who challenges parental warnings, bullying, and the status quo to truly be his fabulous selof - age drama about a teenager who challenges parental warnings, bullying, and the status quo to truly be his fabulous self.

The beginning of Mike Leigh's new audio commentary track for Criterion's release of his poignant domestic comedy - drama Life Is Sweet is just too charming not to share here.

But he just makes it so darn affecting and poignant, avoiding all the clichés that go with this kind of blurry - eyed family drama», remarks Dustin Chang on his ScreenAnarchy review.

The Florida Project, Sean Baker's new, funny, thoughtful, poignant and beautiful film is a realist fairy tale, a gorgeous 35 mm technical experiment, a heartbreaking character drama and a staggering documentation of the many possible meanings of the word «bitch».

This poignant tale of grief, loss and societal alienation is directed with warmth and sensitivity by Sebastian Lelio, and is both powerful cultural statement and emotionally involving human drama.

Smith is also a more seasoned director and editor, and even manages to put in a few poignant moments of drama within the framework of this otherwise ribald comedy.

As much about coming of age as it is about love in its many forms, The Spectacular Now is a sweet yet poignant tale that tips its hat to the American high school drama whilst thoroughly surpassing it in the best way.

«American Sniper» wants to have it both ways — as a war - on - terror fantasy and poignant PTSD drama — but while it doesn't shy away from the physical and psychological horrors of battle, the movie is so heavy on pro-military propaganda that it doesn't realize its dramatic potential until it's too late.

Assayas's response to the challenge was a formally daring, poignant drama about a pair of rebellious young lovers, Gilles (Cyprien Fouquet) and Christine (Virginie Ledoyen), in the early 1970s.

Snowden is kind of a snooze when it should have been a gripping, poignant drama.

The feature films nominated for Best Film this year are «Frank» which gives an insight into the weird and wonderful world of the enigmatic musician; the gritty urban family drama of «Glassland»; the raw, moving and honest «I Used to Live Here»; the feel good true - life story of «Noble»; the poignant and sensitive exploration of mental health in «Patrick's Day», and the beautiful Irish animated fantasy «Song of the Sea»; Three of the Best Films also get nominations for Best Director; Lenny Abrahamson for «Frank»; Gerard Barrett «Glassland» and Terry McMahon for «Patrick's Day», with John Carney also in that category for the musical drama «Begin Again».

With a compelling mix of battle action and poignant drama, The Yellow Birds is an unforgettable movie whose power resonates long after the final frame.»

While not to be confused with the 1987 Dudley Moore body - swap comedy, Hirokazu Kore - eda's latest drama also undertakes its own kind of identity experiment, one that organically grows into something altogether more poignant.

Situated somewhere between a poignant family - drama and a bloodthirsty monster - survival tale, The Monster — written and directed by The Strangers» Bryan Bertino — is not the kind of horror movie that you come across very often.

Starring Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence and Robert DeNiro, Silver Lining Playbook, is a delightful blend of drama and poignant humor about family, love and mental illness.

I»M NOT SCARED (Grade: B +): Gabriele Salvatores, whose «Mediterraneo» won a best - foreign language film Oscar in 1991, directed this absorbing, suspenseful and painfully poignant childhood drama about a 9 - year - old boy faced with an unusual moral dilemma in the golden Italian summer of 1978.

Loach's poignant coming - of - age drama remains the now legendary director's most beloved and influential film.

Get Out plays on the themes of idyllic subsocieties with dark secrets established in Stepford Wives and the racial discomfort of dramas like Guess Who's Coming to Dinner and sets it to a thrumming Twilight Zone-esque anxiety attack, needling the idea of black culture and white privilege in potent, majorly poignant manners.

SYNOPSIS: The Square is a poignant satirical drama reflecting our times — about the sense of community, moral courage and the affluent person's need for -LSB-...]

I'm sure the book is lovely and poignant and the thought of an aging courtesan and the boy who can't get over her is sad, but if there are only a handful of people willing to shell out the bucks to watch it, then Hollywood declares «period dramas are dead» and in reality it's just another case of no one wants to see a boring stuffy movie.

His poignant drama about a divorcee, «Gloria,» won at the inaugural edition of the four - year old annual event.

Jennifer Merin: Katell Quillévéré's compelling and poignant character - driven life and death drama is about the immediacy of organ transplant and its emotional impact on all who are brought together by the random circumstances leading up to and following it.

In this provocative documentary play, seven award - winning female playwrights give voice to women's issues around the globe, weaving the accounts of politically engaged women into a powerful drama that makes their poignant, personal stories universal.

The landscape of Alaska, from Fairbanks to remote fishing villages, provides a provocative backdrop for this poignant and affecting domestic drama entangling four troubled teens, depicted by talented narrators in this stunning debut.

Told from the perspective of four unlikely friends, Nora Raleigh Baskin's poignant novel focuses on the action, drama, and fun of playing ball and explores what it takes to be a winner of the game — both on the court and off.

From Shakespearean drama to tennis players, dancers and acrobats at play, King's aesthetic drew on the archetypal everyman, touching on the Walter Mitty in all of us with poignant works in wood, aluminum, bronze, vinyl and clay.