Goodbye Solo opens in Senegalese cab driver Solo's cab. His passenger, William has asked him to pick him up in a few weeks and take him to Blowing Rock and leave him there. Solo surmises that William plans to commit suicide and spends the better part of the rest of the film trying to get him to change his mind. It's a smart film that could easily have crept into melodrama, but writer and director Ramin Bahrani trusts the audience to react to the story without manipulation.
The film has received much critical acclaim, making several Top Ten of 2009 lists, as well as having been featured at the 2008 Venice Film Festival (where it won the FIPRESCI International Critics Prize) and at the 2008 Toronto Film Festival. In December, the film's star, Souleymane Sy Savane, was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award (Best Male Lead). And the LA Times included it in an article about what is right with indie films.
We at Coyote Moon Films congratulate Ramin Bahrani and his cast and crew on their beautiful film and hope for their continued success.
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