Surprisingly funny, brilliant film

Rating: 9/10 (4 December 2018)

Just got back from a secret screening of this movie. Never heard of it before this evening, when the title came up I had no idea what it was about. And sometimes that's the best way, no preconceptions to influence your experience.
This film is brilliant, if you get the chance to see it when it comes out on general release, go.
It's based on a true story, about an Italian American who is employed as the driver for an African American classical pianist on a tour of venues in the Deep South in 1962. A time when racial prejudice and segregation was rife, so much so, they were given a guide book of places "coloured" people were allowed to eat, sleep etc. And even though that sounds like it's going to be a gritty story, it was really funny too.