Character is another excellent drama from Europe. Its been rightfully lauded with awards in both Europe and America, but gets very little theatre or airplay on this, the left-hand side of the Atlantic. I'm a schlub, but don't mind investing a couple of bucks and a few hours of my time with thought-provoking movies like Character. What father or son couldn't relate to the two protagonists? How touching, how sad, how human. But these movies sink like stones in America. Why? There's an audience for this stuff and not just in the cities. European and American distributors have just fallen down on the job.
