Grand Tour at The Darwin International Film Festival
Grand Tour
SUN 26 JAN
Coming Soon to
The Darwin International Film Festival
Miguel Gomes (Tabu, Arabian Nights) delivers a spellbinding cinematic journey with Grand Tour, an era-spanning odyssey that won the Best Director prize at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.
Set in 1917, the story begins with Edward, a British colonial officer stationed in Burma. On the eve of his fiancée Molly’s arrival, Edward flees Rangoon in a moment of panic, sparking a globe-trotting chase. Molly, undeterred, pursues him across Asia, traveling through Bangkok, Saigon, Manila, Osaka, and Shanghai, encountering a world both whimsical and melancholic.
Gomes masterfully blends black-and-white and color, fiction and documentary, to create a cinematic essay on memory, place, and the human experience. With playful shifts between scripted narrative and modern-day scenes, Grand Tour invites viewers to embrace the rhythm and texture of life’s unpredictable journey.
A tale of love, escape, and discovery, Grand Tour transcends genres and time, offering a poignant exploration of colonial folly and personal longing. Prepare to be swept away by this singular, breathtaking experience.
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Set in 1917, the story begins with Edward, a British colonial officer stationed in Burma. On the eve of his fiancée Molly’s arrival, Edward flees Rangoon in a moment of panic, sparking a globe-trotting chase. Molly, undeterred, pursues him across Asia, traveling through Bangkok, Saigon, Manila, Osaka, and Shanghai, encountering a world both whimsical and melancholic.
Gomes masterfully blends black-and-white and color, fiction and documentary, to create a cinematic essay on memory, place, and the human experience. With playful shifts between scripted narrative and modern-day scenes, Grand Tour invites viewers to embrace the rhythm and texture of life’s unpredictable journey.
A tale of love, escape, and discovery, Grand Tour transcends genres and time, offering a poignant exploration of colonial folly and personal longing. Prepare to be swept away by this singular, breathtaking experience.
Miguel Gomes (Tabu, Arabian Nights) delivers a spellbinding cinematic journey with Grand Tour, an era-spanning odyssey that won the Best Director prize at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.
Set in 1917, the story begins with Edward, a British colonial officer stationed in Burma. On the eve of his fiancée Molly’s arrival, Edward flees Rangoon in a moment of panic, sparking a globe-trotting chase. Molly, undeterred, pursues him across Asia, traveling through Bangkok, Saigon, Manila, Osaka, and Shanghai, encountering a world both whimsical and melancholic.
Gomes masterfully blends black-and-white and color, fiction and documentary, to create a cinematic essay on memory, place, and the human experience. With playful shifts between scripted narrative and modern-day scenes, Grand Tour invites viewers to embrace the rhythm and texture of life’s unpredictable journey.
A tale of love, escape, and discovery, Grand Tour transcends genres and time, offering a poignant exploration of colonial folly and personal longing. Prepare to be swept away by this singular, breathtaking experience.
Set in 1917, the story begins with Edward, a British colonial officer stationed in Burma. On the eve of his fiancée Molly’s arrival, Edward flees Rangoon in a moment of panic, sparking a globe-trotting chase. Molly, undeterred, pursues him across Asia, traveling through Bangkok, Saigon, Manila, Osaka, and Shanghai, encountering a world both whimsical and melancholic.
Gomes masterfully blends black-and-white and color, fiction and documentary, to create a cinematic essay on memory, place, and the human experience. With playful shifts between scripted narrative and modern-day scenes, Grand Tour invites viewers to embrace the rhythm and texture of life’s unpredictable journey.
A tale of love, escape, and discovery, Grand Tour transcends genres and time, offering a poignant exploration of colonial folly and personal longing. Prepare to be swept away by this singular, breathtaking experience.
Grand Tour
SUN 26 JAN
Coming Soon to
The Darwin International Film Festival
Miguel Gomes (Tabu, Arabian Nights) delivers a spellbinding cinematic journey with Grand Tour, an era-spanning odyssey that won the Best Director prize at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.
Set in 1917, the story begins with Edward, a British colonial officer stationed in Burma. On the eve of his fiancée Molly’s arrival, Edward flees Rangoon in a moment of panic, sparking a globe-trotting chase. Molly, undeterred, pursues him across Asia, traveling through Bangkok, Saigon, Manila, Osaka, and Shanghai, encountering a world both whimsical and melancholic.
Gomes masterfully blends black-and-white and color, fiction and documentary, to create a cinematic essay on memory, place, and the human experience. With playful shifts between scripted narrative and modern-day scenes, Grand Tour invites viewers to embrace the rhythm and texture of life’s unpredictable journey.
A tale of love, escape, and discovery, Grand Tour transcends genres and time, offering a poignant exploration of colonial folly and personal longing. Prepare to be swept away by this singular, breathtaking experience.
