SFF MOVIE REVIEW: TRUMAN
4/5 Tomas leaves his home in snow-ridden Canada and travels to Madrid to give a surprise visit to his sick friend Julian. Julian has an aggressive cancer and is trying to put his affairs in order, this includes finding a new home for his beloved dog Truman. During the four days Tomas stays in Madrid the two men will experience many encounters, adventures and revelations, coping with the situation the best they can and enjoying their lives to the fullest, while Julian is ready to make the most important decision in his life. Director Cesc Gay’s follow up to his episodic and dialogue driven “A GUN IN EACH HAND”, is a movie that is, basically, a dialogue between the two men. Without going into extreme sentimentality and skipping the explanation about the characters’ past, TRUMAN tells the story of Julian and Tomas through their reaction to the present situation and the approaching loss. TRUMAN is shot on the streets of Madrid, a city that unites the two protagonists.