Goodbye Solo (DVD)

Goodbye Solo from director Ramin Bahrani is the tale of an old guy(Williams) who hires taxi cabs and goes to the movies regularly.When Souleymane(a cab driver from Senegal) and Williams become friendly,Williams asks him to take him to a certain place on the 20th of that month and pays him 100$ in advance. Solo keeps wondering what this old man is trying to do,wonders where his families are and gradually become friends with him.William in turn leaves his home and wants to move to a motel.The night moves on when Williams has to accompany Solo and eventually has to stay over at Solo's place for one night. The next day he moves into a motel and the ...  Read the complete review

note: also appears on my film review website, TheFilmBlogger.com, thanks! Within two minutes of the start of Ramin Bahrani's new film Goodbye Solo, the titular character, Solo (Souléymane Sy Savané), a Senegalese cabbie living in North Carolina, asks his fed up and begrudged-to-be-alive customer, William (Red West), "You're not gonna jump, right?", and up until the film's close, this becomes a question that hounds Solo and the viewer equally. An exceptional drama that finally opened in the U.K. on a limited run this week, Goodbye Solo is a subtle and meditative look at sadness, alienation, and what connects us as human beings. The setup is ...  Read the complete review