Real Story
Miguel Cane
In his critically acclaimed King's Speech beyond the biopic and closer to the little explored gender docudrama - a dramatic tape with a strictly home-Tom Hooper documentary deals with skill and narrative agility a key episode in the history of England that had ramifications that last until today in world history.
Colin Firth has a masterful role as Albert George, Duke of York, son of King George V stutterer (Michael Gambon) who never wanted to govern and the sudden resignation of his brother King Edward VIII (Guy Pearce) to marry the enigmatic Wallis Simpson, was forced to ascend the throne. The story addresses the issue of the future monarch, but also the personal plight that stuttering will cause him unable to speak in public, the Duke of complexes, is full of fears, feels inferior to a brother who can not withstand the pressure of being the future King of the United Kingdom and Emperor of India. But with the help of Australian speech therapist Lionel Logue (Geoffrey Rush) will overcome their fears becoming the magnificent King George VI (1936-1952) after the abdication.
without exaggeration stuttering recreates the king, but goes much further, quite frankly reflects the complex and fears gripped to George VI. With this role Firth definitive separation from his leading-man comedy to show his mettle, as it did last year on tape telling Tom Ford A Single Man (which inexplicably never released in Mexico). He is accompanied by a star cast: Rush gives an almost comic counterpoint to the troubled ruler who makes the story run parallel between drama and comedy. You face the fears of the future King delved into his past, his person. Both men are opposed: the English king against the "doctor" Australian of the poorest areas of London.
But not only live action film. The story, in this case, is well known but was never treated this way. The script is exceptional stutter behind the king is his search for authority but also the confrontation between good government and good speaker. Scene understanding is the key to viewing the coronation by the whole family, as the scene jumps to a speech. Isabel, the present queen, asks his father "What?" To which George responds "I do not know, but says it very well." In this little scene, almost family, it contains the greatest secret of the film. King George that, on one occasion George VI himself as the stuttering fool, compared to Adolf Hitler, the eloquence of the words of the German dictator murderer in front of the dubious word of a king in charge: the supremacy of the acts in front of the words .
complete the picture Helena Bonham-Carter, peaceful and loving the role of Queen Elizabeth (the future Queen Mother of Great Britain) and the splendid view and little Jennifer Ehle, as Logue's wife, in a solid film, with performances achieved and sober and enthusiastic direction, which is transmitted to each shot. In other hands, perhaps this would be a tape of little interest, but with this team we have a high quality film that justifies its presence in so many awards shortlists have had.
The Speech of the King / The King's Speech
With Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham-Carter, Guy Pearce, Jennifer Ehle and Michael Gambon. Tom Hooper directs
UK 2010
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