Javier Bardem (left) and Laura Linney in a scene from The Roads Not Taken (category: TBC), directed by Sally Potter. Co-starring Elle Fanning and Salma Hayek. Photo: Bleecker Street Javier Bardem (left) and Laura Linney in a scene from The Roads Not Taken (category: TBC), directed by Sally Potter. Co-starring Elle Fanning and Salma Hayek. Photo: Bleecker Street
Javier Bardem (left) and Laura Linney in a scene from The Roads Not Taken (category: TBC), directed by Sally Potter. Co-starring Elle Fanning and Salma Hayek. Photo: Bleecker Street
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Berlin 2020: The Roads Not Taken film review – Javier Bardem, Elle Fanning in time-shifting dementia drama

  • Bardem plays a dementia sufferer in a story that explores trauma, mental illness and immigration, which also co-stars Salma Hayek and Laura Linney
  • British director Sally Potter again offers a unique perspective on the human condition that includes some fine performances

Topic |   European films
James Mottram

Updated: 5:11pm, 27 Feb, 2020

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Javier Bardem (left) and Laura Linney in a scene from The Roads Not Taken (category: TBC), directed by Sally Potter. Co-starring Elle Fanning and Salma Hayek. Photo: Bleecker Street Javier Bardem (left) and Laura Linney in a scene from The Roads Not Taken (category: TBC), directed by Sally Potter. Co-starring Elle Fanning and Salma Hayek. Photo: Bleecker Street
Javier Bardem (left) and Laura Linney in a scene from The Roads Not Taken (category: TBC), directed by Sally Potter. Co-starring Elle Fanning and Salma Hayek. Photo: Bleecker Street
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