Armadillo (Complete Seres) ( Armadillo )

Armadillo (Complete Seres) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Armadillo
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
168 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2001 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Howard Davies

Written By:
William Boyd

Actors:
James Frain ..... Lorimer Black
Tom Hiddleston ..... Toby Sherrifmuir (1 episode, 2001)
Catherine McCormack ..... Flavia
Hugh Bonneville ..... Torquil Helvoir Jayne

Synopsis:

The story concerns Lorimer Black, a successful loss adjuster. His original name is Milomre Blocj and he comes from a family of Transnistrian gypsies who arrived in London in 1957 and set up an import-export business linked to Eastern Europe. They now run a taxi cab firm and are always borrowing money off Milo (as they still call him). Lorimer suffers from insomnia and spends many nights at the "Institute for Lucid Dreaming" in search for a cure. He collects antique helmets, listens to African music and is having an affair with Stella Bull, the owner of a scaffolding company.

A stylish BBC production, Armadillo is mysterious, romantic, funny, mystifying--and hard to categorise. Superficially it's the story of young loss adjuster Lorimer Black (James Frain) who appears to have everything going for him, until he gets pulled into an insurance scam. But William Boyd's screenplay--adapted from his own novel--has many more levels than a simple thriller. In a performance reminiscent of Colin Firth's Mr Darcy (from producer Sue Birtwistle's earlier production, Pride and Predjudice), Frain exhibits a charismatic eccentricity that is, at times, touchingly vulnerable: "I'm a bit lost," he whispers to his mute father, "things aren't going too well". He is obviously a man on a journey--or is he trying to run away from his past as a member of a gypsy family that escaped from Eastern Europe? En route, he falls in love with a woman in a passing taxi (Catherine McCormack, also on a journey)--not surprisingly, she too has a complicated life as she flits enigmatically, and slightly maddeningly, through the story.

A collector of ancient battle helmets spends his days as an insurance adjustor. He pursues a woman in an unhappy marriage. Great soundtrack

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 13 April, 2016.