Looking for Eric

**Seen at the Chicago International Film Fest**

Poor Eric. He's raising two stepsons all on his own, still finds himself fancying his first love and sees, talks and seeks life guidance from footballer Eric Cantona. This story is a hilarious tale of a man just trying to live life while having to worry and deal with all of life's problems and then some.

Looking for Eric, a French and UK film, is directed by the brilliant Ken Loach (The Wind that Shakes the Barley) and he shows he can do a dramatic comedy as well as historical drama that Barley centered around.

Eric is a postal worker who never laughs and he lives his lives life full of regret and confusion. When one of his stepsons finds himself in harm's way, Eric, along with all of his lads from the local pub devise a plan to help the family. You see the stepsons go from teen anguish and immaturity to respectable lads.

After his family problems are sorted out, he's after his Lily, the first girl he fell in love with and left 30 years ago. To get him in tip top shape, Cantona instills boot camp (picture above). These scenes are pretty hysterical as Eric is the only one who "sees" Cantona.

We enjoyed this film tremendously as it dealt with the drama, real world and often scary problems of daily life while peppering the situation with humour. We ended up laughing half the time because hearing an irate British man scream profanities is just funny.

Hopefully this film gets picked up by a distributor and soon. It's a must see.