| Show Movie Review A Handful of 1 Dust 2 12 Mike Richan This film of an English romance novel is breathtaking in scope and beauty It begins in Brazil but quickly returns to England where its characters are against the backdrop backdrop backdrop back back- drop of cold stately manors and dreary overcast Sundays ys In this setting a young English gentleman discovers that his wife has been unfaithful to him and he must provide her hera a divorce In so doing he runs across an adventurer who provided him escape and accompaniment accompaniment accompaniment ac ac- ac- ac to the South American jungles adventures as dreary and overcast await This film has some of the endearingly endearingly endearingly en en- funny scenes of the year and also some of the most hopeless In some of the themore themore themore more disturbing moments such as the unexpected death of a child or the discovery that one is trapped in a jungle never to escape it is revealing and involving and takes the viewer toward adventures they might not want to see yet the entire audience bounds away merrily with this cast which includes some from Room With a View and Maurice and two smaller but delicious roles from Angelica Huston and Alec Guiness It is Houston and Guiness who provide the endearment their short scenes steal the picture Beautiful photography and a nl mesmerizing moving score all contribute to make Inake A handful han of Dust a most enjoyable nd film fihn Ii |
