Slumdog Millionaire in the town of Gandhi
Colorful, hectic, frantic, “Slumdog Millonaire” multiplies the qualifiers to the world of Danny Boyle who signs easily his best film since “Trainspotting.” In two short hours, anyone want to take the first plane and visit India! Returns in the past, possibly the best friends of the directors. Somewhere in the realm of Gandhi is Jamal (Dev Patel) who is now being tortured by police. With a tape, he talks about his participation in the show “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” and it is nice loot in the process of collecting. But how a young man from the street without a parent or education, is able to answer questions too difficult?
Rating: 4/5
Cast: Dev Patel, Anil Kapoor, Saurabh Shukla, Raj Zutshi, Jeneva Talwar, Freida Pinto, Irrfan Khan, Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, Ayush Mahesh Khedekar, Sunil Aggarwal
Directed By: Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan
A break first time will become one of the leitmotifs of the story. Jamal was taken to the famous with people who shout, an animator who loves to highlight and stress to respond properly to pressure. Regardless of the statements, there is always the right answer, which escapes from the mouth of the young adult of 18 years old. Each question is linked to a traumatic event from his childhood, when he walked the streets of Bombay with his older brother Salim, and the beautiful Latika he was deeply in love. Everything is connected, and often it is only luck that separates the winners from the losers.
Danny Boyle has come a long way. After two failures (”A Life Less Ordinary, The Beach”), an attractive production for children (”Millions”) and two types of tests rather successful (”28 Weeks Later,” “Sunshine”), the British filmmaker returns with inspiration in riveting his camera on one of the most populous and influential of the planet. His staging impressively combines perfectly with its famous style that has made his trademark.
Installation is fast, always in tune with the hero running from left to right. The exploration of India is much the same way as the “City of God” by the street corner and not always common. Poverty that is almost beautiful by the use of colors and the omnipresence of grains. Situations blown up by a soundtrack that makes the heart beat, creating tension from a melody or rhythm of a power tube.
Fate and destiny hold place in his universe, like enough black humor, the daily which is intensely complicated and perpetual struggle between good and kind. The fireworks sometimes more expressive than deep may tend to stray into less essential details and scenes of white thread sewn, but the entertainment is never lacking. On the contrary, nirvana is achieved by boiling the meaning and construction of a romance extremely naïve, dance and good feelings during the end credits as a bonus.
“Slumdog Millonaire” examines several disorders of youth in keeping the Indian hope in the mirror. A tornado of noise and fury that has no other objective than to make full eye and ears, to discover a place away from clichés and individuals often more passionate about love than money. Not as memorable and important than “Trainspotting” and “Shallow Grave”, but an electrical discharge of the saving.
