No. 29 (2021) ROSA'S WEDDING (LA BODA DE ROSA) Spanish Film Festival. APRIL 29th.

 

Film No. 29 (2021)  April 29th.  4:00 PM  Cinema 5 LUNA,  Leederville. 

"Sometimes you have to push the nuclear button and start from scratch" (Rosa describes her feeling of need for change in her life to sister, Violeta).

The opening night film for Western Australia's annual Spanish Film Festival is often a crowd pleaser with little to no offensive themes or content. LA BODA DE ROSA, opening night film 2021, reflected all of those qualities in spades. Silly, funny, self effacing, brilliantly cast and above all an easy watch sums up LA BODA.

We know from the outset that we are in Rosa's corner. In the opening 10 minutes this mid forties single mum is everyone's whipping girl. She has said 'yes' to so many friends and family, so often, sacrificing herself and her life that any hope of  living out her dreams and ambitions is fast fading. Rosa needs to decide in what direction she'll take her life.

So with a title like Rosa's Wedding it's obvious what event will change her path. Well no, it's not what you think. Rosa has a wedding of a very different nature in mind. But importantly she needs to be open and honest with friends and family about her new aims and ambitions. What better way than to invite guests to a ceremony? 

Here is where the silliness steps up a notch. Her vibrant family consisting of daughter Lidia (Paula Usero), sister Violeta (Nathalie Poza), brother Armando (Sergi Lopez) and father Antonio (Ramon Barea) decide to invite all and sundry to what Rosa had hoped was to be a small, discreet affair. It instead  becomes a major event and the event is not what it seems. See, it's silly. The cast however is perfectly blended and the joy of the premise is infectious. There are plenty of film goers loving what ROSA'S WEDDING has to offer. 8GUMS.