Guitar (2008)

*ing: Saffron Burrows, Isaach De Bankolé, Paz de la Huerta
Genre: Drama

Actress turned debutant Director Amy Redford picks up a very average script and a not so well known actors and probably a very mediocre budget and comes up with a pretty impressive Indie type movie. Actress Saffron Burrows plays the lead role of 'Melody Wilder' who leads a mundane solitary life and has a mundane job that does not pay her much ... in short there is nothing exciting about the life of Melody Wilder that is until Melody is diagnosed of cancer at an advanced stage. Her mundane life is now doomed with death knocking at her doorstep and Melody gets into a depressive state that is until she realises that she might as well live out her last few days doing what she wants without worrying much about the cancer or anything else. Yeah! Yeah! ...  I know there are million billion trillion movies with such similar plots and themes and this is nothing new. True. What makes 'The Guitar' new is the treatment Amy Redford gives to the script and the performance by Saffron Burrows and an unexpeected twist in the climax. That's what makes it an interesting watch. If you have ever been exposed to Indie genre movies and liked a couple of them ... 'The Guitar' is a must watch :-)

PS: Ignore the rating for this movie in IMDB & Rottentomatoes, this movie deserves more respect than what has been mentioned.

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0942891/
Rottentomatoes: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10009426-guitar/