Dir: Sally Potter. Starring: Javier Bardem, Elle Fanning, Salma Hayek, Laura Linney, Branka Katić. 15 cert, 85 minsThe Roads Not Taken, an understated drama from Sally Potter, is rich with small moments of intimacy.
They’re partially informed by personal experience – Potter’s older brother lived with Pick’s disease, a rare form of age-related dementia, before his death in 2013.
She has immense compassion for those caught up in the wake of a diagnosis. Her film opens on Leo (Javier Bardem), who’s frozen in bed, as doorbells and mobile phones ring out, his mind failing to interpret their meaning.
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