Candy Ming
in
Yolande Moreau
's
Henri
. "There's obviously a parallel in the film, with the flight and the freedoms of the characters."
Yolande Moreau
's first solo directorial film
Henri
brought some warmth to a rainswept night in Edinburgh for the opening of the French Film Festival UK last night. Despite a flight delay, Moreau gamely came straight to the pre-film soiree at the city's Di-Vin bar from the airport, showing an admirable willingness to embrace the Scottish elements, which were out in force.
Introducing the film - about a recently widowed restrauter (
Pippo Delbono
) and Rosette (
Candy Ming
) a girl from the local sheltered housing establishment for young people with learning difficulties - she promised to come back for a Q&A afterwords unless "you disappear like flies".
The idea flying off was an interesting choice of metaphor, as the film concerns itself with freedoms and imagery of taking wing abounds,...