Bella
Bella is the unlikely story of Jose, a promising New York soccer star whose career hits a wall at its inception when his vehicle is involved in a tragic but predictable pedestrian fatality for which he serves the unlikely prison term of 4 years. Wracked by guilt that leaves him a shell of his former self he works as a chef at the Mexican restaurant of his brother Manny who is as anal as Jose is dishevelled. When Manny dismisses Nina, one of his waitresses Jose mysteriously chases after her. When he finds out that she is pregnant he abandons his brother to the lunch crowd crush and spends a life altering day with her. Their platonic holiday is planned for the beach but fist up is a stop at his parent’s house where revelations flow freely to flesh out the characters and cement a lasting bond between Jose and Nina. All though it won the peoples choice award at the Toronto International Film Festival and is no doubt the darling of the religious right, Bella is a movie where outside of its flowery scenario not much is done beautifully.