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This cooperation of BBC 1 and the HBO, script by Richard Curtis (Love Actually), directed by David Yates, puts Bill Nighy and Kelly MacDonald (State Of Play) in the centre of a romantic film with a very important political message.
Some facts about ''The Girl''.
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The filming took place in London and Reykjavik (Iceland). |
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The film is part of the political campaign Make Poverty History. |
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2006 Golden Globe nomination for Bill Nighy as best actor in a TV film |
The BBC press office release and a BBC interview with Bill
and an audio interview on Five Live.
An article on the political part on Australian site The Age
A page at HBO's website with a trailer.
''Did you know that 30,000 children die in this world every day?
That's what poverty does. That's one child every three seconds.
And that is... the word fails me... an obscenity. We have
the moral responsibility to do something to change things.''
Bill Nighy
What The Australian says about ''The Girl In the Cafe'' and its actors:
Nighy and Macdonald seemed to be striving not for effect or screen attention, but for an authentic portrayal of the human condition. The mood it induced carried over, long after the credits had faded away. You found, as is not the case with so much televisual drama, you actually cared what happened.
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