Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
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Axel Feldmann | ... | Young Jimmy |
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Grégory Ravary Ellis | ... | Lulu (as Grégory Ellis) |
Jean Brassard | ... | Young Jimmy's Father | |
Marion Servole | ... | Young Jimmy's Mother | |
Frank Langella | ... | Jimmy | |
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Devin Luke | ... | Limo Driver |
Edward James Hyland | ... | John Pierce (as Edward Hyland) | |
Corey Johnson | ... | Paul Wainsail | |
Chris McKinney | ... | Jack Cross | |
Elliott Gould | ... | Turlotte | |
Edoardo Ballerini | ... | Teddy | |
Robert Bagnell | ... | Jeff | |
Chandler Williams | ... | Sammy | |
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Anabel Sosa | ... | Lila |
Helen Stenborg | ... | Jimmy's Mother |
France 1944: during an aerial bombardment, two boys are separated from their parents; the older one helps the younger. Jump ahead to contemporary Manhattan where chief financial officer Jimmy Stevens punishes his company's murderous practices in Third World countries by setting up its stock release to fail. He knows they'll kill him in retaliation; he asks for two weeks. By telephone, using a voice disguising device, he hires a private detective, Frank Turlotte, to watch ... Jimmy. What's going on? Jimmy goes to the park where he reads a book and talks to children; he visits his aged mother. Frank observes it all. The two-week deadline approaches. What's Jimmy's game? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
I always think to myself , 'if I can bear to watch a movie 5 times or more then it's not so bad', and this movie was for me extremely watchable but mainly because of the great actors involved, Frank Langella and Elliott Gould. I suppose if it had been made with lesser talent, a contrived story like this would have been hard to take, but it is interesting how the two men come together after 60 plus years, in order for both to seek closure from a destroyed childhood in Nazi occupied France.
It's as mysterious and compelling as any other drama I've seen of this sort. Laura Harring, who plays Langella's lover, is one of the most sensuous actresses around, she's perfect in the part, as enigmatic and subtle as Elliott Gould and Frank Langella.