Taverna

2020, 1080hd

Emily O'Brien Brown film clip (collages below)

A quick update from a new Australian movie.

Johnny's comment:

The Taverna is a light comedy where the owner of a Greek restaurant (taverna) employs a bellydancer (Rachel Kamath) for the night but it goes pear-shaped when her soon to be ex-husband who she is fighting with and has a restraining order against her turns up with his new rich girlfriend. She refuses to go out for a second performance, so one of the waitresses (Emily O'Brien-Brown) decides to fill in and chaos ensues involving two shitty walk-in customers, a kidnapping, a hit-and-run incident and a troublesome possum.

Being 10 years since the director's last movie and this one is a helluva lot lighter than his usual fare (Em4Jay, Tom White, Everynight... Everynight). The movie is very light and wacky, the comedy is mild and has a largely implausible plot and a late twist that washes away a major crime and closes out a marriage in the most ridiculous way. But the movie has enough going on to distract from its flaws and if you like ethnic comedy, this sitcom-like movie will probably satisfy.

The Undoing

(new Matilda De Angelis collages below)