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with at the flics john foote Sommersby Directed by Jon Amiel Now Playing at the Oshawa Centre Cinema * kk 1/2 Somersby 18 one of the more courageous films released in the last five years, A gutsy, uncompromising movie that leads to quite an unexpected, vet powerful conclusion. What I found to be impressive was the the director remembered he was filming a love story as well as a thriller set in post-civil war America While the strange love story works very well, the growing sense of easiness is well played against the reconstruction period of the south. This is not a romance with either the majesty or sweep of Gone with the Wind, but rather a gritty, fact Call the Scugog Citizen for Service Directory Rates for 3 Month Terms EER [AA harsh look at a way of life that proved necessary for the former nch to survive Jack Sommersby (Richard Gere) returns home to his wife He fought in the war, and spent four years in a cruelly run prison, which may explain the after a six year absence changes in the man Laurel (Jodie Foster) Notices subtle changes in her husband, He's kinder to her, a gentler man than the hard drinking gambler that went off to war In spite of her confusion she finds herself falling in love with this man who claims to be her husband Is he an \mposter? Why does he look like Sommersby? How does he know everyone in the town? Why does she accept him as her husband when 1t becomes clearer he could be an imposter? Would she not know best? By the film's end, all of these problems are solved in a manner thats both disturbing yet oddly satisfying. A word of warning, this 1s not your standard Hollywood romance, but rather a fascinating (however unlikely) tale of identity, courage, and love. | was reminded of the end of A Tale of Two Cities at this film's powerful conclusion Two time academy award winner Jodie Foster gives a strong performance as the wife of returns with the gentleness she had only dreamed of Her confusion over his behaviour, a once brutal man, who Gere was once considered a brilliant actor. We know his character 1s carrying around a secret, but we are so drawn into his goodness, we find ourselves feeling hike his wife Gere's final moments in the film, as he explains how and why he has come to be at peace with himself are beautifully acted by the actor, and Jodie Foster. What Gere conveys to us 1s an undercurrent of danger, which makes his destiny that much more poignant. Nothing in Gerd's previous films will prepare you for the depth of his work opposite Foster Amiel's recreations of the reconstruction of the south are Scugog Citizen -- Tuesday, March 2, 1993-- 29 grim in their vivid realism. Yet 1 felt he gave the film a raw natural power by showing us a forgotten way of hfe. He brings to hight the bitterness the south felt after losing the war, their rage at having to accept black's as people That very fact 1s what signals Sommersby's doom; he treats blacks equally, offer them land, a hfe, earning him the wrath of the KKK the Southerners. were never aware of how much they truly lost, and 1t was not just the war Both actor Gere, Amiel convey all of desolation Perhaps and Director that became a way of hfe for those in the south An outstanding film' and her growing adoration of him, anchors the film only because Foster plays it so ongnally There's not a false in this performance, simply establishes Foster as this generation's note which greatest actress I must confess that I am not (or was not) a Richard Gere fan, however his superb performance as Sommersby, particularly in the film's last half 1s a blatant reminder that Tax assistance March 13 Assistance will be Day" at Kinsmen Hall in Port Perry The Kinsmen Club of Port Perry along with Scugog Community Care and other volunteers will assist the elderly, those with special needs and those on low incomes to complete their "Tax the income tax forms The hours that day are 10.00 AM to 4:00 PM and those seeking assistance must bring all receipts and ships for the completion of their tax forms To set up an appointment, call Community Care in Port Perry at 985-8461 SERVICE DIRECTORY [KEN MURRAY | ELECTRIC SINCE 1960 RESIDENTIAL @ INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL POLE LINE CONSTRUCTION 985-7005 DURHAM RD 8 a = Landscaping & Gardens POND LINERS UV Safe, High Srength Permalon. , : reenters Electrical Contractors Contractors and Carpe JACK MONSMA ELECTRIC 4 Edinborough Avenue Port Perry, Ont. 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