Third Person (2013)

Three interlocking love stories involving three couples in three cities: Rome, Paris, and New York.

Director:

Paul Haggis

Writer:

Paul Haggis (screenplay)

Stars:

Liam Neeson, Mila Kunis, Adrien Brody

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Liam Neeson	...	Michael
Maria Bello	...	Theresa
Mila Kunis	...	Julia
Kim Basinger	...	Elaine
Michele Melega	...	Giorgio
Adrien Brody	...	Scott
Gianni Franco	...	Taxi Driver (Rome)
Marius Bizau	...	Taxi Driver (Paris)
Olivia Wilde	...	Anna
Katy Louise Saunders	...	Gina
James Franco	...	Rick
Loan Chabanol	...	Sam
Oliver Crouch	...	Jesse
Valentina Gaia	...	News Reader
Riccardo Scamarcio	...	Marco

Storyline

Michael (Liam Neeson) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning fiction author who has holed himself up in a hotel suite in Paris to finish his latest book. He recently left his wife, Elaine (Kim Basinger), and is having a tempestuous affair with Anna (Olivia Wilde), an ambitious young journalist who wants to write and publish fiction. At the same time, Scott (Adrien Brody), a shady American businessman, is in Italy to steal designs from fashion houses. Hating everything Italian, Scott wanders into the Café American" in search of something familiar to eat. There, he meets Monika (Moran Atias), a beautiful Roma woman, who is about to be reunited with her young daughter. When the money she has saved to pay her daughter's smuggler is stolen, Scott feels compelled to help. They take off together for a dangerous town in Southern Italy, where Scott starts to suspect that he is the patsy in an elaborate con game. Julia (Mila Kunis), an ex-soap opera actress, is caught in a custody battle for her 6 ...

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Plot Keywords:

love | female nudity | female frontal nudity | incest | hotel room | 

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Taglines:

Watch Me.

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and some sexuality/nudity

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan]

Country:

Belgium USA UK Germany Italy

Language:

English Italian

Release Date:

14 November 2014 (UK)

Also Known As:

Amores infieles

Filming Locations:

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Box Office

Budget:

$28,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$38,856, 22 June 2014, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$1,019,038, 19 September 2014

Company Credits

Production Co:

Corsan, Hwy61, Volten

Technical Specs

Runtime:

137 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

There are several misplaced "items" in the movie. Olivia Wilde's character is supposed to be in Paris, but she can briefly be seen in the back seat of a car driving by the Bar Americano. One of the paintings in James Franco's studio is on display in Paris. The obvious one where the note Mila Kunis writes in the New York City hotel, is picked up by Olivia Wilde in Paris.

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Goofs

When Olivia Wilde's character is locked out of Liam Neeson's character hotel room, she is completely naked and in such conditions she runs down the corridor and stairs towards her own room. When she enters it, she can be seen wearing knickers.

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Quotes

Claire: A man got you pregnant.
Julia: Yeah.
Claire: They always do.
Julia: [lowkey] Yeah.

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Crazy Credits

The opening as well as the first part of the ending credits share the same graphic pattern style as the lower parts of the glass partitions in the apartment of Franco's character.

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Connections

Featured in Film 2017: Episode dated 12 November 2014 (2014)

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Soundtracks

Sarai
Performed by Gigi D'Alessio and Anna Tatangelo
Courtesy of GGD Srl.
Written by Pino Daniele and Luigi D'Alessio
Published by Blue Drag Publishing Srl.

User Reviews

Great acting, artsy film, unique and very interesting

This is not the movie for everyone, but I loved it. The acting is superb and the story is not your formula Hollywood blockbuster. It is a unique and interesting story, that will hold your interest the entire time, always unsure of the outcome.

The subject matter is a bleak but the characters are true and real. Kim Basinger after hearing something that would drive most women away, asks her husband to come home. Twists, turns, but in the end, it all makes sense.

Not the movie for just anyone. If you want a schlock Hollywood feel good movie, go see the delightful new Rob Reiner film 'And so it goes'

but as for me, this is head and shoulders over that.

Phooey to the bad reviews