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“This outstanding new film from Claire Denis, demonstrates her fluency and mastery in the kind of movie-language that is rich, quietly complex and subtle…a miraculously understated style…tremendously moving. A film to be savoured”
The Guardian

★★★★★ “Marvellous…a beautiful family drama…a film of warm, subtle power, remarkable for the delicate handling of its quiet moments of joy” Mail on Sunday

35 Shots of Rum- Time and romantic attraction threaten to sour a family relationship in this drama from writer and director Claire Denis. Lionel (Alex Descas) is a middle-aged widower who makes his living driving a train and shares an apartment with his twenty-something daughter Josephine (Mati Diop). Lionel and Josephine have a warm and caring relationship, and while it's not Lionel's nature to say very much, his affection for his daughter is clear. Lionel's on-and-off girlfriend Gabrielle (Nicole Dogue) and their footloose friend Noe (Gregoire Colin) live in the same building, and together the four have fallen into a casual family relationship. However, when's Lionel's close friend and fellow driver Rene (Julieth Mars Toussaint) announces he's retiring, Lionel becomes painfully aware that he's not as young as he once was, and realizes how much he depends on his daughter. This knowledge sets Lionel on edge when Jospehine's friendship with Noe begins to evolve into a romantic relationship, while she is angered when she spies her father flirting with an attractive woman who runs a nearby diner.

Cast: Alex Descas, Mati Diop, Nicole Dogue, Grégoire Colin, Julieth Mars Toussaint
Writer/Director: Claire Denis

Special Features Include
Interview with Claire Denis

Technical Info
Certificate 12
Running Time 100 mins
French Language with English Subtitles
Region Encoding: 2
Disc Format: DVD 9
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Full Height Anamorphic