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Contents. Plot Jake, a ten-year-old boy, is on holiday with his bickering parents in Naples. Jake asks them to buy him a figure from a street stall, but they refuse. Jake's father tells him a piece of local Naples lore: buying a figure for oneself will bring bad luck – good luck can be found only by stealing one.
While his parents continue to argue over trivial affairs, Jake sneaks away and attempts to steal the figure. The stall holder catches Jake in the act, and directs him instead towards a series of glass containing models of the idealised. Before Jake can make a purchase, his mother arrives, furious at her son's disappearance. After another argument with Jake's father, the family leave to return to their hotel. The stall holder, noticing that Jake has stolen one of the figures, smiles. Jake's parents send him to bed without dinner as punishment for sneaking away. Dxo optics pro 9 elite edition download.
While they argue next door, Jake produces the Pulcinella figure and places it on his bedside table. Later, a hungry Jake lies in bed, and remarks that the figure has failed to bring him good luck. Suddenly the miniature Pulcinella comes to life and hides behind Jake's lamp. A full-sized Pulcinella appears on Jake's bed and offers him a plate of spaghetti. Jake backs away and bumps into a fat Pulcinella, who shoves Jake head-first into his own stomach and sits down on the bed to enjoy some spaghetti. Jake finds himself wandering through a dark cavern with high walls.
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When he discovers a dinner table, an entire troupe of Pulcinella arrive. They offer him several meals, but remove them as soon as he attempts to take a bite, telling him to save his appetite for the main course. The Pulcinella then serve Jake his parents' heads on platters. Jake is disgusted and refuses to eat. The Pulcinella ask Jake if this is not what he wanted, and wonder aloud if they have misunderstood him.
Deciding to give Jake a 'history lesson', the Pulcinella seize him and carry him through a misty doorway and across a bridge over a body of water. The Pulcinella force Jake to look through the glass door of a building, where he sees his parents dancing happily in their wedding attire. Jake calls out but they do not hear him. The Pulcinella begin to dance in a tight circle, squashing Jake, who suddenly finds himself lying in a bed. Jake discovers that he is in a surreal maternity ward, staffed by Pulcinella, where women lay gigantic eggs which hatch into babies. At the end of the ward, Jake finds his own parents playing with a newborn dressed in Pulcinella garb.
Again Jake attempts to call out to them, but a Pulcinella stops him. Jake's parents begin to bicker over how to handle the baby. Jake's mother removes the baby's mask, revealing Jake's face. As the argument escalates, she throws the baby to the floor and begins to cry, turning to her husband for comfort. The dismayed Pulcinella stoops to retrieve the baby Jake, now revealed as a broken robotic doll. The Pulcinella takes the Jake doll to a dollmaker who, despite their pleas, refuses to fix him.
The Pulcinella regretfully dumps the broken doll in a burn barrel. As Jake desperately promises to be good from now on, he awakens in his bed at the hotel and concludes that his adventures were just a dream. Finding his parents sleeping peacefully in the next room, Jake orders breakfast and serves it to them in bed.
Having dressing himself as a Pulcinella, Jake tries (and fails) to balance an egg on his nose for their amusement. As the family laugh together, it is revealed that they are models inside a bell jar on the street stall seen earlier. The stall holder, describing the bell jar and its contents as a 'masterpiece', asks another young boy and his parents how much they would be willing to pay for it. 11 January 2012.
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Are movies capable of expanding the ways in which one sees the world? Arguably yes – if one gets engaged in the story, entertained and/or inspired by it. One of the sterilized approaches used in cinema, which aims to alter the viewer’s perception, is Magical Realism, which I briefly mentioned when reviewing Jan Jakub Kolski‘s film. The short film I chose today combines the blending of reality and fantasy with surrealistic imagery, which links alternate realms of existence. Released in 2011, The Wholly Family explores the experiences of a young boy who accompanies his parents on a trip to the Italian city of Naples.
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The movie is directed by Terry Gilliam, who most fans of the Coming-of-Age genre associate with his 1981 film Time Bandits (he also directed Brazil and 12 Monkeys). Gilliam has a solid fan base.
Yet, prior to seeing The Wholly Family, I lacked the motivation to explore his works. But this 17-minute short film, with its complex narrative and the highly stylized visuals, made quite an impression on me. The film was shot on location in Naples and the city atmosphere, spirit and culture feel very authentic – that is if one is able to set apart the alternate universes that, while surreal, feel equally real. The plot offers several surprising twists, some surprisingly shocking (one was shocking enough to make me feel a tension in my stomach – like one feels on a roller-coaster). While the young lead is a boy (played by Nicolas Connolly), the film brings to mind Alice in Wonderland – with some black humor thrown in.
European Film Award For Best Short Film
Yet, while I enjoyed the visuals, the score and the narrative, the acting performances were somewhat disappointing. In fact, I would agree with Nickolas Devito’s comment on the film’s that the supporting actors outperformed the leads (essentially the roles of the boy and his parents).
The Wholly Family has a certain re-watch appeal to it. In fact, I found myself appreciating it more during a second viewing.