Rent Carla's Song (1996)
3.5 of 5 from 72 ratings
1h 7min
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- Synopsis:
Directed by Ken Loach and written by Paul Laverty, 'Carla's Song' tells the story of the relationship between George (Robert Carlyle), a free spirited Scottish bus driver and Carla (Oyanka Cabezas), a Nicaraguan refugee who is adrift in Glasgow. The setting is 1987 and in Carla's home country the Contra rebels are continuing their assault on the people and Sandinista government. As George's feelings for Carla deepen, he believes the only way for her to overcome the traumas that haunt her everyday life is to return to her homeland. But will she be able to bury the ghosts of her past and stay close to George? 'Carla's Song' is a love story that begins on a Glasgow bus and ends in Nicaragua amid the gunfire and explosions of war. - Actors:
- Robert Carlyle, Oyanka Cabezas, Scott Glenn, Salvador Espinoza, Louise Goodall, Richard Loza, Gary Lewis, Subash Singh Pall, Stewart Preston, Margaret McAdam, Pamela Turner, Greg Friel, Anne Marie Timoney, Andy Townsley, Alicia Devine, John Paul Leach, Norma Rivera, José Meneses, Rosa Amelia López, Keila Rodríguez
- Directors:
- Ken Loach
- Producers:
- Sally Hibbin
- Writers:
- Paul Laverty
- Studio:
- Universal Pictures
- Genres:
- Drama, Romance
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 26/04/2021
- Run Time:
- 111 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Stereo, Spanish LPCM Stereo
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.66:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- Audio commentary with director Ken Loach and screenwriter Paul Laverty (2005)
- An Extraordinary Thing (2021, 18 mins): producer Sally Hibbin recalls the challenges of filming in Nicaragua
- Two Worlds Collide (2021, 9 mins): editor Jonathan Morris discusses working on an ambitious, international scale
- Tuning in to Nicaragua (2021, 10 mins): composer George Fenton details his approach to scoring the film
- Background to the Art (2021, 14 mins): art director Fergus Clegg on recreating the late-eighties setting of Carla's Song
- Sounds of Music (2021, 10 mins): sound recordist Ray Beckett discusses the technical aspects of Loach's documentary style of filmmaking
- Keeping Up Appearances (2021, 10 mins): script supervisor Susanna Lenton relates the complexities of shooting the film in sequence
- Ten deleted scenes (12 mins)
- Original theatrical trailer
- Image gallery: publicity and promotional material
- UK Premiere on Blu-ray
