Goodbye Solo

The latest film from emerging American auteur Ramin Bahrani (Man Push Cart, Chop Shop) tells the moving story of the unlikely friendship that develops between Solo (newcomer Souléymane Sy Savané), a kindhearted Senegalese taxi driver, and his passenger, a tough old southerner (Red West, of Elvis’s Memphis Mafia fame) whose destination request is difficult to honor yet impossible to ignore. Beautifully shot and set in Bahrani’s home town of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Goodbye Solo is a geographical departure from his recent New York dramas but continues his exploration of immigrant lives and outsiders too rarely explored on film.

“Bahrani has made a true drama, a tug-of-war between hope and resignation in which neither player openly speaks to what’s coming.” (David Edelstein, New York Magazine)

Winner

Venice Film Festival

Critics’ Week and Horizons prize



“Powerful, Riveting, Inspiring!”

-Mark Olsen, The Los Angeles Times



“Warmhearted and cheerful. Bahrani has established himself as a major filmmaker.”

-Roger Ebert



“[Has] an uncanny ability to enlarge your perception of the world.”

-A.O. Scott, The New York Times



“Brilliant! Utterly engrossing! Surprisingly funky”

-Variety



“Breathtaking! Delightful! Touching to the core. ‘Goodbye Solo’ keeps you flying.”

-The Hollywood Reporter



“Remarkable! Resonant and poetic. Moving, emotional and spiritual. ‘Goodbye Solo’ is a celebration of life.”

-Screen International