Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Hart Bochner | ... | Jack Carney | |
Colin Firth | ... | Adrian LeDuc | |
Dora Bryan | ... | Margaret McKinney | |
Liz Smith | ... | Mary Louise McKinney | |
Fabrizio Bentivoglio | ... | Carlos Sanchez-Verne | |
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James Telfer | ... | Vanessa |
Mirella D'Angelo | ... | Laura Werpachowsky | |
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Juan Vitali | ... | Alberto Werpachowsky |
Cipe Lincovsky | ... | Mrs. Treniev | |
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Francesca d'Aloja | ... | Claudia |
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Miguel Ligero | ... | Mr. Palma |
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Elvia Andreoli | ... | Adrian's Mother |
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Marikena Monti | ... | Tango Singer |
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Luis Romero | ... | Projectionist |
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Oca Spirito | ... | Woman in Cinema 1 |
Set in modern day Buenos Aires, the film centers around a relationship between two emotionally crippled roommates. Adrian LeDuc is a lonely sociopath who is forced to rent his insane mother's room due to poor ticket sales at his revival movie theater. Jack Carney, the new roommate, appears normal enough at first but it soon becomes apparent that he is hiding something. As their friendship develops, Adrian suppresses his suspicions that Jack may be the government mercenary turned serial killer who has been terrorizing the city. The other eccentric residents of the building begin to worry as Adrian shows increasing signs that his mother's insanity may be hereditary. The shocking climax of this twisted tale of deceit, perversion and murder reveals the darker side of the human psyche. Written by Kevin Jundt
I couldn't speak for quite a while after the movie was over. I had been taken for an emotional ride and I was totally unprepared for it. Colin Firth is extraordinary in his tragicomic creation. Firth manages to find a "shape" for his character's insecurities. It is moving and funny, creepy and never before seen. Can you name a character like Adrian in another movie? Someone made the comparison with Roman Polanski in "The Tenant" and although I understand, I disagree. There is a flash of intellect in Firth's Adrian that made the character, for me, totally real. I know that guy and that thought alone is disturbing. Hart Bochner's Jack is perfect as the catalyst, the tempter because when he's looking at Adrian we can break through the darkness and realize that he's as human as Adrian. The Apartment Zero is populated by a multinational chorus who, individually, will give in to the stranger. Am I confusing you? Bits of Pasolini's Teorema as well as Harold Prince's Something For Everyone and at the same time light years away from both of them. A true original.