| Reference Type |
web
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| Title |
Australian Screen-Romulus My Father 2007 |
| Chapter/Web article title |
National Film and Sound Archive |
| Author(s) | Paul Byrnes |
| State |
Unknown |
| Country |
Australia |
| Publication Date |
00-00-2012 |
| Citation Date |
27-04-2012 |
| Site URL |
http://aso.gov.au/titles/features/romulus/notes/ |
| Comments |
This article is a âCurators notesâ. It gives a synopsis, briefly giving a rundown of the film and then gives Paul Byrnesâ opinion and review of Romulus My Father. Byrnes explains how the film tells a story about unbearable sorrow which is basically the theme of the story. It gives background history about Christina, Raiâs mother, who was a German Chemistry student, and Raiâs Father Romulus in which the film is titled, who was a Blacksmith from Romania. The article explains how Gaita wrote the book âpartly as a tribute to his father, after his death, and partly as an attempt to understand his motherâs incapacity to care either for herself or her loved onesâ. After much persuading Roxburgh managed to convince Gaita to sell the rights to his book. It discusses how the film was set in central Victoria and that Roxburgh wanted to avoid making the film feel like another âperiod dramaâ, and how the film doesnât âlabor its credentials as a migrant story, but it nevertheless can be grouped with a small number of high quality films dealing with the lives of migrants. The theme of madness and mental trauma is a frequent feature of these films and itâs often related directly to the sense of displacement felt by migrating families (see Floating Life (1996), La Spagnola (2001) and Silver City (1984)).â
This article is a review from Paul Byrnesâ opinion and while it makes some interesting and valid points itâs not particularly helpful in relation to my topic of mental illness and suicide. It is interesting how migrant families feel displacement and therefore a factor and possibly a cause for mental illness. (Kiralyn Ridley)
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