A 67-year-old train driver is about to retire, though it is with fear that he views both the empty life that lies before him and the prospect of old age. However, through a number of mini-adventures Odd comes to realise that there is more to life than he had previously perceived.
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THE NAMESAKE (2006)
Certification12 Our Rating
Gogol is a very strange name and somewhat of an embarrassment, as are his parents with their strange sub-continental ways, to a first generation Bengali American, but it is a name that will have relevance to his struggle to forge a personal identity. This charming film spans over three decades from the first fumbles of a successful arranged middle-class Calcutta marriage, through pain and gain, to a slow integration into an American immigrant identity. Not quite an epic, but a heart-warming tale
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THE STATION AGENT (2003)
Certification15 Our Rating
When vertically challenged Finn Mcbride inherits an abandoned train depot slap bang in the middle of nowhere he's a happy man, finally life has provided him with the opportunity to escape the world's curious eyes, and he prepares himself for an existence of lonely bliss. Unfortunately for Finn, artist Olivia and hot dog seller Joe have other ideas and so begins a gentle, acutely observed comedy drama about the joys and the traumas of friendship. Sublime and brilliant.
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