Bank of Dave

(Mauro Lanari) 1) Some say the message is all that matters in films like this. Leaving McLuhan aside, I see no reason why we can't have both, an interesting content and a direction that is neither sloppy nor pedantic 2) While watching it, one is nàgged by a question: "If this guy really revolutionized the British banking system by allowing the birth of micro-communitarian and non-profit credit institutions, how come nobody knows about him?" I won't spoil it, a visit to the Wikipedia article will dispel any doubts. 3) Too little hiding the ambiguity of the cinematographic operation behind the initial inscription that plays with "true" and "truish": in reality, this is how a Loachian wishful thinking is passed off as a fact already acquired and realized. I was hoping only the name of the protagonist was false as a reference to David against Goliath, instead it's the opposite: Dave is the only true thing in the biopic.