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The drive down to Provincetown was filled with Mother Nature playing her little games. One minute the sun was out, and the next it was threatening to rain.  My hope is that the rain would hold off…. just for a while. When I saw the first dune, it took my breath away and I thought how lucky I am to live here on Cape Cod.  I got to my hotel and everything couldn’t have gone smoother.

My room was ready early, a kind gentleman brought all my things to my room, and the view from my private deck was indescribable.

I had just enough  time to unload and ride my bike downtown to retrieve my Press badge. As I rode my bike, the threatening rain was no longer a threat, but a reality, I got pretty wet…….but I got it.

The first movie I had chosen to see was titled Cairo Time with the first showing at 5pm at The Art House on 214 Commercial Street.. I  was able to order a cocktail here  and bring it in the theater with me….how nice is that.  The film Cairo Time was the Toronto International Film Festival Winner for best Canadian Feature, directed by Ruba Nadda, reflecting on a visit she took with her family many years ago and starring Patricia Clarkson in her first starring role.

Juliette (Patricia Clarkson), a magazine editor, travels to Cairo to meet her husband, Mark (Tom McCamus), A UN official working in Gaza, for a three week vacation.  When he is unavoidably delayed, he sends his friend Tareq (Alexander Siddig), who had been his security officer for many years, to escort her throughout the beautiful and exotic City……that is all I will say.

The cinematography was beautiful.  My first thoughts were that the film was moving along very slowly and it was a hurry up and wait kind of movie.  It also reminded me of a children’s book series titled, Where’s Waldo” (for those of you who remember), only it was “Where’s Mark”.   I remember looking at my watch and thinking, it’s almost over….when it started heating up and I thought,  “I like where this is going.”   Now, I didn’t want it to end, and I was disappointed where it left off,  I wanted more, but, It was over.  The audience was instructed to rate the movie with a ballot from 1 to 5,  slightly tearing it on the chosen number with 5 being the best.  Not knowing exactly what to do, I ripped it right in half on the 3.   Oh well, next movie I’ll know what to do.

Next stop…a fabulous, priced right meal at the Mayflower restaurant at 300 Commercial Street, where I met the owner, Mrs. Janoplis.  The restaurant has been owned by the Janoplis Family since 1929.  I loved the interior of the restaurant.  One side of the restaurant had Caricatures lining  the whole wall with Provincetown residents of the 40′s, and the other  side where the owner was pouring drinks had a large mural painted by Nancy Wharf in 1969.

http://www.mayflower-ptown.com/

After dinner, I was able to kill a little time in the art galleries.  I loved many of the pieces at the Henry Philips Gallery, One painting in particular  kept pulling me back for another look, however, when I figured out how much money I had, I realized I was short about 6,000, oh well, maybe another time.

Time for the second and final movie of my night….”Loose Cannons”  at 9:30 pm at the Art House 1.  This film was directed by Ferzan Ozpetek and it had a running time of 110 mins.

Tommaso (Riccardo Scamarcio, has a comforable life as an aspiring writer in Rome and and a steady relationship with his boyfriend Marco, a life he has kept secret from his family.  So when he’s called back to his hometown of Lecce in Italy’s deep south to help run the family pasta business, he decides to finally reveal his homosexuality to his conservative family and hopefully get out of his business obligations in the process.  But when his plans are thwarted by his brother, Tomaso gets stuck on the path that he was desperately trying to avoid.

I enjoyed this film very much.  It kept me awake and laughing the whole time.  The cast was very diverse  and each family member had their own quirks.  Although I loved the film, it left me asking questions about what was thought to have happened.  I rated this film a 5.

Now I am losing my steam and I am peddling back to my hotel at the tip of the cape well past midnight.

See you tomorrow, good night.