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Robert Edwards (written by)
Release Date:
5 December 2007 (Spain)
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A soldier recounts his relationship with a famous political prisoner attempting to overthrow their country's authoritarian government. full summary | add synopsis
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Can you spot all the totalitarian regimes?
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Ralph Fiennes | ... | Joe | |
| Donald Sutherland | ... | Thorne | |
| Tom Hollander | ... | Maximilian II | |
| Lara Flynn Boyle | ... | First Lady | |
| Marc Warren | ... | Pool | |
| Ron Cook | ... | Doc | |
| Robert Daws | ... | Jones | |
| Laura Fraser | ... | Madeleine | |
| Jonathan Hyde | ... | Smith | |
| Camilla Rutherford | ... | Tania | |
| Don Warrington | ... | First Sergeant | |
| Miranda Raison | ... | Daisy | |
| Nigel Whitmey | ... | Anchorman | |
| Leigh Zimmerman | ... | Anchorwoman | |
| Mackenzie Crook | ... | Editor |
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Rated R for violence, language and some sexual content/nudity.
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USA:110 min (Cannes Film Festival)
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The movie contains several references to many real life revolutions and dictators: women wearing veils covering them from head to toe after the revolution (Iran), calling each other "citizen" (France); the gray uniform Thorne wears that resembles Stalin's (Russia) and Mao Zedong's (China); the First Lady's ludicrous wardrobe just like Ferdinand Marcos' wife (Phillipines) or dictatorial power being inherited from father to son (Haiti). Also, Thorne's beard looks similar to Marx's, and the "re-education" camp maybe a reference to Russian gulags.
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Anchorwoman: So many fond memories of Maximilian the First on the tenth anniversary of our glorious leader's death.
Anchorman: Many of course doubted that his son and heir, Maximilian II, could live up to the example of his charismatic father. But the man affectionately called Junior has valiantly continued against the pesky rebellion, led by the playwright turned terrorist, John Thorne.
Anchorwoman: Once derided as the playboy Prince more interested in the movie business, the President-for-life announced today that he would not rest until he has rid the country of these criminals whom he called, quote, "Really bad guys". In a gesture of goodwill to the commemorate his father's memory, the President today also commuted the sentences of several men condemned to the gallows today, sending them to the guillotine instead.
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Anchorwoman: So many fond memories of Maximilian the First on the tenth anniversary of our glorious leader's death.
Anchorman: Many of course doubted that his son and heir, Maximilian II, could live up to the example of his charismatic father. But the man affectionately called Junior has valiantly continued against the pesky rebellion, led by the playwright turned terrorist, John Thorne.
Anchorwoman: Once derided as the playboy Prince more interested in the movie business, the President-for-life announced today that he would not rest until he has rid the country of these criminals whom he called, quote, "Really bad guys". In a gesture of goodwill to the commemorate his father's memory, the President today also commuted the sentences of several men condemned to the gallows today, sending them to the guillotine instead.
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References Planet of the Apes (1968)
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E Flat Trio 2nd Movement
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This is a grim tale about how totalitarian regimes try to ban the free spirit out of the minds of their citizens. Performances by Ralph Fiennes, as the warden sympathetic to the cause, and Donald Sutherland, as the imprisoned rebel leader, are both splendid. I liked the satirical approach to the subject. Despite its harsh and eerie subject - the cycle of violence concerning revolutions and contra-revolutions - it is also very funny movie on a darker level. It's an absolute blast to spot the existing dictatorial regimes they mixed up to create the most horrible regime imaginable.
Another great movie getting a mediocre score. It's a shame. Though I do understand that this is not the material for your average escapism of everyday life. This grim and violent tale is perhaps only interesting for those with an interest in modern history.