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27 March 2009 (UK)
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A man moves his two daughters to Italy after their mother dies in a car accident, in order to revitalize their lives. Genova changes all three of them as the youngest daughter starts to see the ghost of her mother, while the older one discovers her sexuality. | add synopsis
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2 wins
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(23 articles)
Michael Winterbottom’s The Killer Inside Me Trailer Starring Casey Affleck
(From FilmJunk. 6 November 2009, 11:34 AM, PST)
1st Look: Stills for Tom Ford's A Single Man
(From ioncinema. 3 September 2009)
(From FilmJunk. 6 November 2009, 11:34 AM, PST)
1st Look: Stills for Tom Ford's A Single Man
(From ioncinema. 3 September 2009)
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i have to passionately disagree with the first review!
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Cast
(Credited cast)| Monica Bennati | ... | Elena | |
| Dante Ciari | ... | Fabio | |
| Gherardo Crucitti | ... | Mauro | |
| Hope Davis | ... | Marianne | |
| Colin Firth | ... | Joe | |
| Alessandro Giuggioli | ... | Lorenzo | |
| Demetri Goritsas | ... | Steve | |
| Kyle Griffin | ... | Scott | |
| Perla Haney-Jardine | ... | Mary | |
| Willa Holland | ... | Kelly | |
| Catherine Keener | ... | Barbara | |
| Kieran O'Brien | |||
| Margherita Romeo | ... | Rosa | |
| Gabriella Santinelli | ... | Danny's Wife | |
| Kerry Shale | ... | Stephen | |
| Sara Stewart | ... | Susanna | |
| Trevor White | ... | Michael | |
| Gary Wilmes | ... | Dan |
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Canada:94 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Ireland:15A |
Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) |
Portugal:M/12 |
Netherlands:12 |
Finland:K-11 |
South Korea:15 |
UK:15 |
Singapore:NC-16 |
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Factual errors: On their way from the airport, when they pass in the car in front of a fresco of Saint George fighting against the dragon, Ms. Keener says that Saint George is the Saint Patron of Genova. Now, it's true that Saint George has a strong link to the history of the city: the banner bears the cross of Saint George, in the middle ages the Bank which funded expeditions overseas (by the way it's the building that shows the fresco seen in the movie) was named after Saint George etc. but the Patron of Genova, since XIII century, is John the Baptist and he came to be after Genoese crusaders (First crusade) brought back from Holy Land his ashes, which are still kept in the Cathedral.
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| I just saw it | Creamy360 |
| Not to be rude - I found it boring. | inktomike |
| Gorgeous | darthcanuck |
| sound track | price-subscriber |
| What did he teach? | horea_cnx |
| What was the tune at 41 min? | forgether |
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I am aware that different people get different reactions to different films, but your view of the film is very wrong. I am in the midsts of a very difficult bereavement and this film has depicted exactly how this process feels. I honestly believe that Winterbottom's aim was to show the unexpected shocking emotions, the despair, the confusion, the craved for hallucinations. The characters may seem one dimensional, because in times like this you don't have strength to have more dimensions. The fact that nothing happens in the film... hasn't enough happened already? This is an observation of a situation in a family's life, and this is how the director chose to depict it and he chose very wisely. Not every film needs a conventional narrative and not every film needs an unexpected twist. Sometimes,like in this instance, film needs disturbingly slow pace and lingering images to show its purpose.