Restless City

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walter m @Harlequin68 Feb 18, 2015 In "Restless City," Djibril(Sy Assane) is a recent immigrant to New York City from Dakar, Senegal. Currently, he makes his living as a sidewalk vendor. Sometime in the future, he hopes to make a living through his own music. Enter Trini(Sky Grey). "Restless City" could be thought of as a sincere examination of an immigrant's struggles in America. Making matters harder is his running afoul of the wrong people. At least, that's what I thought it might be about, as "Restless City" is so drowning in style and jump cuts, it is hard to make sense of some of it. It's all the more aggravating and confounding, considering this kind of difficult approach is not the right way to go with the limited means on display. See more

Jan 18, 2015 The director knows how to make a scene gorgeous, an actor smolder, a setting vibrate. That's what I focused on during this film whose plot has several holes in it. But it's a fun and beautiful watch. See more

Mar 29, 2014 The only path I know is music. An immigrant from Africa struggles on the streets of New York as a delivery driver. He is an aspiring musician that is also on the lookout for love. He starts seeing a prostitute in a very dramatic but unique relationship. How will this strange pairing survive? "This can be a very hard city." Andrew Dosunmu, director of Hot Irons, Mother of George, and the Yizo Yizo TV series, delivers Restless City. The storyline for this picture is interesting and has a nice blend of grit and realism. The characters are interesting and compelling and the script is well written. The cast delivers better than average performances and includes Mohamed Dione, Danai Gurira, Osas Ighodaro, Zoey Martinson, and Femi Olagoke. "You think you're too beautiful for me?" The Restless City is a movie that grabbed my attention based on its interesting plot. The movie itself was just above average and I felt the characters could have been better developed. Overall, I do recommend seeing this movie once but I wouldn't kill myself to see it. "I'll see you at the top." Grade: C+ See more

May 7, 2013 Great high quality filming & cinematography, but loses stream without context to the action. I couldn't finish it.. See more

Dec 3, 2012 It makes sense that the director used to work in the fashion industry - the film is beautiful to watch and full of amazing outfits. The plot, however, is not as impressive nor is the acting ability of the lead roles. The attractive protaganist couldn't aim his acting ability at the broad side of a barn. See more

Nov 22, 2012 First Viewing: visually, I was stimulated a lot of interesting shot choices especially the reflections and time code sequencing. However, the story was very generic and the acting with the exception of a few was pretty bad. I would watch it again to see if I can catch a few more things story wise but I doubt it would that much to make me change my idea of the film totally. See more

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