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Tuesday, 26 September 2006 |
| Director: Richard E Grant 99 mins UK/France/South Africa 2005 |
| Starring: Gabriel Byrne, Miranda Richardson, Julie Walters, Nicholas Hoult |
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| Grant's first film is the semi-autobiographical story of his coming-of-age in Swaziland at the end of the 60s. His family is crumbling as the Empire disintegrates and the young Ralph has to come to terms with his mother's adultery, his father's remarriage and alcoholism and life at boarding school. Wah Wah is the term his father's new wife, an American airline stewardess, uses to describe the language of a decadent society in decline. Well acted by an excellent cast, this is a witty and uplifting tale set entirely in the stunning landscape of Swaziland. |
Philip French (The Guardian): Richard E Grant looks back with a certain tempered nostalgia to his life between the ages of 11 and 14 as the only child of the Minister for Education in the landlocked British colony of Swaziland more... |
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