The band, in fact, make a cameo appearance but it is the cast who perform the songs.Īs Davy and Ally, George MacKay and Kevin Guthrie embody all the juxtaposed qualities of humans who have been through a significantly traumatising event – they are both resilient and vulnerable, fierce and fragile, determined and, yet, overwhelmed by the minutiae of daily living. The film’s title is taken from The Proclaimers’ song of the same name, and The Proclaimers’ music forms the bedrock for musical numbers that are scattered throughout director Dexter Fletcher’s adaptation of the stage musical. Having fought in Afghanistan with the British Army, soldiers Davy and Ally return to Edinburgh carrying the mental scars of war. The Band’s Visit is streaming at SBS On Demand till 29 June.
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Like a wonderful song that begins with a predictable beat and rhythm before skewing into a soaring, strange majesty of orchestral proportion, this movie will lull you into thinking you know what’s coming then whisk you off stable ground. Through the band’s interactions with the town’s residents, we come to know their individual stories of love, loss, loneliness and musicality. The story of Egyptian musicians, members of the Alexandria Ceremonial Police Orchestra, arriving in Israel expecting to be welcomed and escorted but ending up making their own way – hilariously and erroneously – to their destination is a winner.Ĭolonel Tewfiq Zakaria instructs young officer Haled to purchase bus tickets to get the band to Petah Tikvah, but she misunderstands him and provides tickets to Bet Hatikva instead, a remote desert town the locals refer to as Waiting. Remi, Nobody’s Boy is now streaming at SBS On Demand.Ī dark humour also colours multi-award winning The Band’s Visit, which was later adapted into a Broadway musical and a book (by Itamar Moses). The sweeping swoosh of strings and moonlit, spangled piano on ‘Excursion nocturne’ or the bare-boned loveliness of the piano arpeggios on ‘Lise et Remi’ hark to the Danny Elfman soundtracks that have elevated Tim Burton’s movies into cult-like creations. Based on Hector Malot’s 1878 novel Sans Famille, this gorgeously realised film – in which the French countryside is breathtakingly beautiful – is a tapestry of history, adventure, magic realism and rite of passage. The wise Signor Vitalis (played by the wonderful and prolific Daniel Auteuil), his dog Capi and the mischievous monkey Joli-Couer (Lovely Heart).
Remi does have family though, as unusual as they are. Remi, Nobody’s Boy is the English translation of the much more romantic, and apt, French title Remi Sans Famille (Remi Without Family). Be daring and venture into these musical film worlds. While you might not, day to day, choose to listen to French accordion music, nor Glaswegian country rock, or choral church music, sometimes it will weave its way through the screen and the speakers directly into your soul and awaken your emotions, dance upon your heartstrings and electrify your nerves in a way you cannot predict.
This month, we are putting the spotlight on an array of films that revolve around music and musicians, be it the ex-convict Irish singer who dreams of Nashville in Wild Rose, recently returned soldiers seeking catharsis through folksy rock'n'roll in Sunshine On Leith or the magical, surreal tale of an orphaned boy, his monkey, dog and a peripatetic musician venturing through the French countryside towards a sense of home in Remy, Nobody's Boy. Here at SBS On Demand, we celebrate storytellers and music of every description (we’re the home of Eurovision, after all). At the core of every movie, too, is a story. Typically, it is a universally relatable tale of lonesome nights, loyal dogs, broken promises and battered spirits. At the heart of a country song strummed by calloused fingers on steel-guitar, is a story.
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