WILL STONE fact-checks the colourful life of Ozzy Osbourne
Family misfortunes
The struggles of a single working parent and her fractious relationship with her mother are the focus of Franco Lolli's poignant drama
JAMES CROSSLEY applauds a lucid biography of the German radical preacher who reemerged as a hero in the GDR
Prizes all round: the Bard hands plaudits to the Miners Gala, OT&JC, Joe Solo, Black Sabbath’s frontman and the Lionesses
Star cartoonist JAMIE BRITTON is in awe of a graphic novel of epic proportions that explores class, religion and globalisation via the strange cultivation of Ginseng in the US Midwest
GUILLERMO THOMAS is intrigued by a history of the Middle East that demonstrates how promising post colonial beginnings were snuffed out by Western imperialist interests
MARIA DUARTE recommends the intricate study of a high-performance and highly dysfuntional German family
Litigante
Directed by Franco Lolli
IN MINUTE detail, Litigante centres around Colombian single mother and leading lawyer Silvia (Carolina Sanin), who is juggling raising her young son (Antonio Martinez), taking care of her ill-tempered cancer-battling mother Leticia (Leticia Gomez) and dealing with a major corruption scandal at work.
When she meets and begins to fall for Abel (Vladimir Duran), a radio presenter and journalist, after a rocky start it is one too many balls to keep in the air and it seems she is heading for a nervous breakdown.
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