Goodbye Solo is a 2008 American independent film written and directed by Ramin Bahrani. It premiered as an official selection of the 2008 Venice Film Festival where it won the international film critics FIPRESCI award for best film, and later had its North American premiere at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival. The film is distributed by Roadside Attractions. The film exhibits significant thematic and plot similarities to Abbas Kiarostamis 1997 film Taste of Cherry.
Goodbye Solo won the Venice Film Festivals FIPRESCI International Critics Prize. It was hailed as A force of nature by Roger Ebert. The New York Times A.O. Scott said it has ...an uncanny ability to enlarge your perception of the world. Eric M. Armstrong, critic at The Moving Arts Film Journal, placed Goodbye Solo aton his list of the best films of the decade 20002009.On December 1, 2009 it was announced that Souleymane Sy Savane was nominated for Best Male Lead for the 2010 Independent Spirit Awards. ........
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