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Separado!
Released: 30/07/2010
Released in key cities
Embark on a psychedelic musical road trip with Gruff Rhys of the Super Furry Animals in Separado!, a fantastical, pan-continental adventure that the Welsh musician describes as "an idea that got completely out of hand". The quest? To find his poncho-wearing long-lost Patagonian uncle...
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The Observer“Meandering...” Rhys is an entertaining guide and he meets some interesting people along the way, albeit less quirky than Patagonians encountered in recent Argentinian cinema...
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Little White Lies“Inevitably ramshackle, inevitably far-out, inevitably insipid...” Despite the low-fi aesthetics, the trippy skits, the Peckinpah subtitles and spaghetti western stylings, it is still shackled by the habitual failings of celebrity-centric TV...
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Guardian“Someone ought to give Gruff Rhys a travel show...” A delightful experience – hilarious and surprising, but earnest in its belief that music can define and connect cultures. For a low-budget documentary, it's hard to see how they could have done much better...
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The Telegraph“A superior and rather touching music doc...” A playful and idiosyncratic mash-up of science fiction, road movie and cultural history that celebrates the visions and energies of countless artists, dissenters and activists who have sought, in their different ways, to Fight the Power...
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Channel4 Film“A psychedelically-inflected episode of Who Do You Think You Are?...” While it would be a stretch to say contemporary British cinema has been crying out for a micro-budget picaresque travelogue from a cult Welsh psych-rocker, it might just be a shade richer for it...
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Time Out film“A sweetly ramshackle travelogue...” If ever, God forbid, Welsh psych-pop doyens Super Furry Animals decided to pack up their fuzz pedals, their acerbic, softly spoken frontman, Gruff Rhys, would make a great alternative to Alan Whicker or Michael Palin...
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Empire“Gruff’s ramshackle approach both admirable and off-putting...” Strange and at times a hit and miss but worth checking out if you are a fan of the music or history...
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Variety“The film is always easy on the eyes and ears...” This sui generis film is equally devoted to travelogue, experimental music, Welsh history and the properties of a magical Power Rangers helmet, and should find appreciative festival audiences...
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