12 new film reviews at the movies

Romulus My Father

It is a  true story about love, overcoming adversity, the migrant experience in Australia, and most of all, a child caught between his love for both parents whose marriage is in crisis. Synopsis:  Romulus Gaita (Eric Bana) is a Romanian immigrant living in central Victoria in the 1960s. His German-born glamourous wife, Christina (Franka Potente), feels out of place in this rural environment and carries on affairs with other men. She is seldom home and is a neglectful mother to their nine-year-old son, Raimond (Kodi Smit McPhee). Finally she leaves to live with her latest affair, Mitru (Russell Dykstra), who happens to be the brother of Romulus’s close friend, Hora (Martin Czokas). Despite all this, Romulus remains desperately in love with her and the boy adores his mother. Christina has another child then returns to live near her original family but things deteriorate and father and son who have coped through so much must continue to battle through whatever life dishes up to them.