Goodbye Solo
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FIPRESCI INTERNATIONAL FILM CRITICS AWARD - BEST FILM, VENICE FILM FESTIVAL
Goodbye Solo and The Wrestler tie for 2 best film of Toronto Film Festival; Souleymane Sy Savane voted 3 best actorFestivals
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- Oct 20, 2009 1:08 AM Congrats to Goodbye Solo's Souleymane Sy Savane on Breakthrough Actor Gotham Award Nomination!
- Jul 20, 2009 8:07 PM Awards Daily highlight Goodbye Solo actors Souleymane Sy Savane and Red West as best of 2009!
- Jul 13, 2009 4:26 PM Hartford Advocate joins Solo love and says “A Driving Miss Daisy for the post-Obama South.”
- Jul 5, 2009 7:20 PM Miami Herald joins in praise of Goodbye Solo!!
- Jul 3, 2009 12:36 AM French papers say "United States of Bahrani" for his retrospective there
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GOODBYE SOLO tells the story of Solo, a kindhearted and friendly 34-year-old Senegalese taxi driver in North Carolina, who is hired by William, a tough 70-year-old white southerner, to drive him in two weeks time to a mountaintop from which William plans to jump to his death. But Solo decides to charm his way into William's life by becoming his driver, and this odd couple begin an unexpected friendship as Solo hopes to change the old man's mind before the two weeks are up.
WINNER OF FIPRESCI INTERNATIONAL FILM CRITICS AWARD - BEST FILM, VENICE FILM FESTIVAL
Goodbye Solo and The Wrestler tie for the 2 best film of the Toronto Film Festival; Souleymane Sy Savane voted 3 best actor
"Look at these performances! Savane is a force of nature... After only three films, Bahrani has established himself as a major director." - Roger Ebert
"Brilliant! A focused gem… Pitch-perfect, charismatic thesping.” - Ronnie Scheib, Variety
“Goodbye Solo has an uncanny ability to enlarge your perception of the world." - A.O. Scott, New York Times
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GOODBYE SOLO tells the story of Solo, a kindhearted and friendly 34-year-old Senegalese taxi driver in North Carolina, who is hired by William, a tough 70-year-old white southerner, to drive him in two weeks time to a mountaintop from which William plans to jump to his death. But Solo decides to charm his way into William's life by becoming his driver, and this odd couple begin an unexpected friendship as Solo hopes to change the old man's mind before the two weeks are up.
WINNER OF FIPRESCI INTERNATIONAL FILM CRITICS AWARD - BEST FILM, VENICE FILM FESTIVAL
Goodbye Solo and The Wrestler tie for the 2 best film of the Toronto Film Festival; Souleymane Sy Savane voted 3 best actor
"Look at these performances! Savane is a force of nature... After only three films, Bahrani has established himself as a major director." - Roger Ebert
"Brilliant! A focused gem… Pitch-perfect, charismatic thesping.” - Ronnie Scheib, Variety
“Goodbye Solo has an uncanny ability to enlarge your perception of the world." - A.O. Scott, New York Times
GoodbyeSoloMovie.com
Goodbye Solo - facebook
Chop Shop - facebook
MySpace.com/GoodbyeSolo
MySpace.com/ChopShopMovie
Noruz Films
Roadside Attractions
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