So this week I've been awfully arty farty and attended a premier screening of the debut feature film from Rob Brown: Sixteen.
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I think the technical term for the plot for this film is: "shit goes down." Shit hits the fan very quickly and things begin to escalate out of hand at an alarming pace and at the centre of this is Jumah. He is the main character of this story, and the story relies heavily upon actor Roger Jean Nsengiyumva to tell it. Roger, whose acting credits on IMDb is shockingly small, is a name to watch. A few years down the line, he is going to be a household name, I'm calling it now. For someone who had only acted in one project preceding Sixteen, he commands an impressive screen presence; one that says 'I am here now, shut up and watch me.', but not in a loud and brass way, in a subtle way that means that you can't help but be drawn in by him. Jumah is a character who finds it difficult to express himself vocally, meaning Roger has to rely on his body to communicate to the audience everything that is going on in his head, to great success.
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The characters for the most part are well developed and well written. Occasionally I felt the audience might lose touch with Jumah as, like I mentioned earlier, he is a character who doesn't rely on words particularly often, so his actions may not be immediately understood by the viewers, which does get frustrating at points, but is quelled by a satisfying pay-off. The drug dealer emits a quiet sinister quality which, when things start to unravel, becomes very unsettling. I wanted to have a special mention for the performances by Jumah's best friend and the minion of the drug dealer who attends Jumah's life, both of whom I unfortunately cannot seem to find either of the actors or their characters names on IMDb, but I felt both of them gave great performances, and both of which were also very well written. I also found Jumah's tentative relationship with his new girlfriend Chloe (Rosie Day) an interesting watch, as she begins to realise that this person she has always perceived as 'gentle' may not be accurate.
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My final thoughts are that it is definitely worth a trip out to the cinema when it is given it's release. Enjoy, and let me know what you think if you do go to see it!
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