How much does the story of the man who traveled with TB from Italy to his home, the United Sates, remind you of last year's foreign film nominee, BABEL?
A lot.
If you haven't seen the film, it's about how some events in the mostly ordinary lives of a series of characters gets inflected by the prism of Global Terrorism.
The storytelling I found a little jarring. I think it might have been better had they been simply told straight through, rather than cutting back-and-forth and using some reverse chronology. But they are good stories, and that carries the day.
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correction: The film was actually not in the "foreign film" category (which I think has been supplanted, anyway, with "foreign language"), but was nominated in the Best Picture category, among others. Gustavo Santaolalla won for best score (yum).
