No. 84 (2022) MONA LISA AND THE BLOOD MOON October 19th.

 

Film No. 84 (2022)  October  19th.  2.00 PM   Cinema 5.  LUNA,  Leederville.

 

"I knew something freaky was going to happen tonight, like is a full moon, I can feel it in my ovaries." (Bonnie gives a rendition of how she feels about acquainting herself with her new friend, Mona Lisa). 

Winner : Soundtrack (Daniele Luppi) and Director (Ana Lily Amirpour) Venice Film Festival.

Available for streaming in December 2022.

Ana Lily Amirpour (A GIRL WALK HOME ALONE AT NIGHT) makes her much awaited second feature about a long term, institutionalised girl, Mona Lisa (Jeon Jong-So), who escapes using her unique powers of hypnosis. Her entry into the real world, a world she knows nothing about is laced with many moments that has us hoping she'll find her way. Mona meets good people, bad people and people who seem good but are ultimately driven by greed and selfishness; enter Kate Hudson's Bonnie Belle, the vehicle through which we take this entertaining ride, that being MONA LISA AND THE BLOOD MOON. It's a morality tale, which is suddenly earthed by a couple of good guys. Charlie, brilliantly played by Evan Whitten and Fuzz (Ed Skrein) become the people she can rely on as she desperately seeks freedom after being robbed of her childhood. Here, the twists and turns are never predictable and while Jong-So's performance is not strong, all around her are, which makes BLOOD MOON worthwhile. 9GUMS.