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The Long Goodbye (2020)

Drama | 12 minutes
3,10 10 votes

Genre: Drama / Mystery

Duration: 12 minuten

Country: United Kingdom / Netherlands

Directed by: Aneil Karia

Stars: Riz Ahmed, Hussina Raja and Javed Hashmi

IMDb score: 7,2 (3.677)

Releasedate: 6 March 2020

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The Long Goodbye plot

On an apparently ordinary day for Riz's family, a march associated with right-wing extremism suddenly sounds from the television in the background. When this march suddenly appears at their front door, the consequences are terrible.

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Movsin

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To what extreme racism can lead, as if we have not yet known it and will still know it, unfortunately.

From ordinary family life to absolute drama, with the final scene with "Where are you from" by a dying British-born person as a painful climax.

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The opening scenes could easily be scenes from a British comedy. A comedy that exposes the turbulent life of a family with a foreign background. It is a cheerful affair. The family members are busy preparing for a party and look happy. Just a family spending the day together in a relaxed and casual manner. It is a state that will not last the entire length of the film. Soon, the cheerful dynamic is interrupted by unpleasant noise on the street. The family knows enough. The viewer does too. It is time for the turnaround and for the message.

The inspiration for the film was a meeting between director Aneil Karia and rapper (and lead actor) Riz Ahmed. That meeting resulted in this short film, which serves as promotional material for a music album released by the rapper. Consequently, The Long Goodbye closely resembles an extended music video—a video that denounces radical and extreme ideology in a radical and extreme manner. A rapping monologue by Riz Ahmed concludes the film.

Although my mind tells me it is a shocking narrative, my emotions let me down. It is likely due to the short running time, which hinders a thorough introduction to the characters and forces the creator to make his point through simplification and exaggeration. I did not feel very involved with the family. Not particularly moved by the events and the message. And a text that is rapped largely escapes me. The art form simply does not appeal to me. I reread the text later and I share the message, but otherwise the words didn't move me very much.

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