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Liebestraum (1991) 5.8
Two affairs, a generation apart. Nick, a professor of architecture in upstate New York, comes to an Illinois town to be with his birth mother in the final days of her illness; he was ... See full summary » Director:Mike FiggisWriter:Mike Figgis |
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Barnard Ralston IV
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Nurse #1
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Mike
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Mary Parker
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Old Mother Ralston
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Night Porter
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Day Clerk
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Two affairs, a generation apart. Nick, a professor of architecture in upstate New York, comes to an Illinois town to be with his birth mother in the final days of her illness; he was adopted and has never known her. On the first day, he runs into Paul, a college friend, whose construction company is demolishing an old, downtown department store where a murder-suicide happened 30 years' before. The building is of beautiful cast-iron construction, so Nick wants to study it before the demolition. Paul introduces Nick to his wife, Jane, and over the next four days, their attraction grows as Nick explores the old building, attends his mother's bedside, and unravels the past. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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A story of lust, murder and dreams.Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for strong sensuality, and for language | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
November 1991 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Atração Proibida See more »Filming Locations:
Binghamton, New York, USABox Office
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$133,645 (USA)Company Credits
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Written by Franz Liszt
Performed by Alicia Witt (as Alicia Roanne Witt)
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Title is German and means "Dream of Love". See more »Soundtracks
"Liebestraum"Written by Franz Liszt
Performed by Alicia Witt (as Alicia Roanne Witt)
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I think that anyone under 30 years of age will find it hard to relate to the essence of this film...make that 40! Adoption - rootless - the symbolism of the building is so powerful. It becomes the essence of all that once was life and strength. Now it has become abandoned and derelict. Love - loss - distraction - deception - and the patterns of the past are cleverely conjured back into the present by the marvellous direction.
This is a movie that speaks about Loss - and presents this in evocative and intuitive visual terms. It's far from the MTV slickness of 2 clips a second - because it's engineered and paced to touch chords. David Lean is a genius in this.
If you watch this film and become bored, then you need to try again in the later half of your life.
It's one that I'd take if I was going to be marooned on a desert island.Along with Citizen Kane, Ghostbusters 1 and Damage.
Marvellous! Rob