An American doctor goes to Britain on vacation in order to participate in some motorcycle races. Once there, he meets a diplomat from a fictional African nation and they fall in love...but their romance is doomed.
In some ways, "A Warm December" is a welcome film...especially if you are a non-white viewer. After all, in American films up until this time, the leading man in woman in romances were always white folks. With "A Warm December", the leading man and his lady love are NOT white...and sport afros. And so, I can see why this film might be attractive to many people.
On the negative side, the story is essentially a 'sick wife/girlfriend film'....and the plot, despite a few odd things, is actually very conventional...and predictable. As a result, I found the film was good...but also I knew where it was going so I found myself less interested than I could have been.
By the way, while generally well made, I laughed when they showed the scene where the Doctor and the Diplomat made love....where you see nothing but silly imagery and ecstatic music! It was simply silly...in an otherwise good film.
In some ways, "A Warm December" is a welcome film...especially if you are a non-white viewer. After all, in American films up until this time, the leading man in woman in romances were always white folks. With "A Warm December", the leading man and his lady love are NOT white...and sport afros. And so, I can see why this film might be attractive to many people.
On the negative side, the story is essentially a 'sick wife/girlfriend film'....and the plot, despite a few odd things, is actually very conventional...and predictable. As a result, I found the film was good...but also I knew where it was going so I found myself less interested than I could have been.
By the way, while generally well made, I laughed when they showed the scene where the Doctor and the Diplomat made love....where you see nothing but silly imagery and ecstatic music! It was simply silly...in an otherwise good film.