Carla's Song [DVD]

I received this in great conditon and enjoyed the story. I have watched it several times and enjoy it very much. Thank you for my order so quickly.

I like this version better because it has the song and dance elements in it that gives the audience a little relief from the harshness of the situation in Nicaragua and Carla's nightmares. Both versions are beautiful.

Thank you!

I'm fortunate because I grew up in McAllen, TX and I therefore have a solid, working understanding of Spanish. I, therefore, didn't realize how much it was being spoken without subtitles until my husband asked me what the characters were talking about. Although the sudden obsession Robert Carlyle's character has for Carla is rushed and the fact that he's actually engaged (to his best friend?) while all this takes place is almost completely bipassed, it's still a nice drama. I admit I expected more when he follows her to Nicaragua. More explanation, more political problems, more ...just MORE. I can understand an instantaneous infatuation/obsession, it does happen, but it seems rushed in order to 1. ceate the relationship and 2. get them the heck out of Scotland and off to Nicaragua where the action is supposed to take place, yet it doesn't. All this, plus he's with her to help her search for her long lost boyfriend??? And then there's the whole Spanish thing. It's no wonder that Robert Carlyle felt the need to learn some Spanish for this role. He'd have been completely lost without it. Fortunately for everyone involved, Carlyle does that thing were he can manage to be amazing in just about anything and makes it watchable. Makes it dramatic. Makes you involved even when, at times, you're completely lost.

Awesome movie

It’s a very nice story about a Scottish man falling for a fornign girl. This was done with no script and there are great moments of acting. Some people might need subtitles to watch it because some talking is in Spanish. This girl definitely, is going through a certain mental illness,but George just wants her to be happy. Theres a bit of chaos that goes on after both of them get to Nicaragua. Very nice ending.

Possibly Ken Loach's finest work. If you only know Robert Carlyle from The Full Monty, then view this. Thee won't be a dry eye in the house. The DVD transfer is disappointing & the extras are minimal to say the least but the quality of the story & film making outshine any technical misgivingd

You can't understand 98% of the dialogue. No wonder Robert Carlyle didn't come to Hollywood to do movies. He can't enunciate! He peaked with Full Monty! It's a ridiculous plot!I bought it because I do like Carlyle on Once Upon A Time but not this. This movie is stupid and a waste of time and money.

Parfait ..... le film est à la hauteur de mes attentes et en fan invétérée de K. Loach .... no comment just perfect!!

Robert Carlyle in this film is better than I've ever seen him. He possesses a gritty realism that enables him to play working class character parts like few others. He plays the part of disgruntled bus driver George who sticks up for a female passenger (Carla), who is getting the works from a jobsworth bus conductor for bunking on the bus, who refuses George's offer to pay her fare and let the matter slide. But the conductor wants none of it and wants to prosecute the girl. Carlyle allows the girl to flee the bus and shuts the door immediately, barring the conductor from chasing her. He duly gets reported and a final warning is issued to him over his conduct. A few days later the girl appears outside Carlyle's home and gives him a small gift as a thank-you for what he did for her. Carlyle becomes infatuated with the lovely Carla and initiates further contact with her. It soon becomes apparent that Carla has personal problems that haunt her from her Nicaraguan past. Where this might frighten some men away, Carlyle(George) is drawn only deeper in. He packs in his job, or is sacked, its not clear after he clears the bus one day of its passengers and takes Carla on the bus to Loch Lomond for a day out. He also chucks his girlfriend and buys two tickets for himself and Carla to go to Nicaragua, realising that Carla needs to confront the demons from her past that have her waking in the night, screaming and terrified. He knows that something awful happened to her old Nicaraguan boyfriend, Antonio ( a sandanistan) when captured by the Contra's during the Civil war in that country. He also realizes that he and Carla perhaps have no future without laying the past to rest. So to Nicaragua they go and get caught up in the war, where the film stresses to show that the whole conflict is funded and controlled by the CIA ( which many people have always believed anyway). Carla does indeed meet Antonio again, and for the ending you simply should see the film. It's a cracker from start to finish, all the acting and casting is superb, typical of ken Loach films. Carlyle is fantastic and one of the very finest and most versatile actors of his generation.

Pelicula muy interesante y muy buena.

Carlas Song ist seit Jahren einer meiner Lieblingsfilme. Oyanka Cabezas und Robert Carlyle spielen hervorragend, glaubwürdig und mit viel Gefühl. Auch Nicaragua ist für mich mit seinem Kriegswirrwarr - stellvertretend auch für andere Länder - immer noch ein Thema, bei dem die USA eine äusserst fragwürdige Rolle spielen. Der Film ist aber auch Liebesgeschichte, beginnt fast kommödiantisch, wird jedoch bald einmal ernst. Glaubwürdig ernst, wie ich meine. Und Carlas Song endet auch nicht mit einem Happyend. Die wunderschöne junge, aber traumatisierte Frau will wieder in ihr Land zurück kehren, nach Nicaragua, kann ihre alten (Rebellen-) Freunde und ihre Familie nicht vergessen. Schliesslich organisiert ihr (neuer) englischer Freund den Flug, bezahlt und begleitet Carla - und lernt den Nicaraguanischen Krieg hautnah kennen. Zudem muss er miterleben, wie Carla nach ihrem (alten) Freund sucht, ihn schliesslich in einer versteckten Hütte findet und - bei ihm bleibt. Ihm ist im Kampf die Zunge abgeschnitten worden. Reden kann er also nicht mehr. Aber er hat noch immer seine Gitarre, und als Carla in die Hütte tritt, beginnt er zu spielen und Carla zu den verhaltenen Gitarrenakkorden leise zu singen ... Noch selten habe ich eine berührendere Szene in einem Film erlebt.

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