Realização:
David CronenbergArgumento:
Steven KnightCâmara:
Peter SuschitzkyMúsica:
Howard ShoreElenco:
Viggo Mortensen, Naomi Watts, Vincent Cassel, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Sinéad Cusack, Mina E. Mina, Donald Sumpter, Josef Altin, Aleksandar Mikic (mais)Sinopses(1)
Criminal mastermind Nikolai (Viggo Mortensen) finds his ties to a notorious crime family shaken when he crosses paths with Anna (Naomi Watts), a midwife who has accidentally uncovered evidence against them. Their unusual relationship sets off an unstoppable chain of murder, mystery and deception. (Focus Features)
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Um drama íntimo convincente que, apesar do seu enredo simplesmente ingénuo, deixou uma impressão mais forte em mim do que o espetacular Gangster Americano. Um assunto extremamente complexo do ponto de vista cinematográfico para o espetador sem-pipocas, em que tudo se encaixa como as peças do relógio de 160 mil do Mortensen. David Cronenberg confirma o seu domínio da criação de personagens, apoiado nisto por um elenco fantástico. O melhor desempenho de Viggo Mortensen até agora. Além disso, o cenário e a representação da cultura da máfia russa é incrivelmente forte e autêntica para Cronenberg, um canadiano pacífico. Pois, e como um bónus adicional, a assinatura do autor perfeita na forma da cena da sauna. O melhor dos últimos cinco filmes de Cronenberg.
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Pretty restrained for Cronenberg, but you can still see his style. Like most films of his I’ve watched, this one felt very cold, but it still managed to capture my attention thanks to the intense rawness. Cronenberg is not for everyone, but I like playing his emotionally detached games sometimes. 80%
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The divorce of Cronenberg's directing brilliance from A History of Violence. Whilst therein the ordinariness (and its contrast with violence) focused on the average American family, in Eastern Promises, Cronenberg paradoxically concentrates it on the world of rafts in the law (the Russian mafia). Anyone expecting to see things as black and white, disgusting caricatures or demonization, is going to be surprised. Cronenberg gives the same amount of space to both the average family and the mobsters, lets them dine, pamper their children, and pays the same amount of attention to a slit neck as people sitting and listening to a Garmon player. The result is a fascinating narrative tone that rarely raises its voice (and it is then that the film is slightly marred by the false tone of the great drama). Viggo Mortensen is amazing, and this is one of the actor's most impressive physical performances that can be seen today. Naomi blooms, regardless of the wrinkles. Negative aspects? Again, the script, which has holes in the logic and structure of the story. And also the twist, which, unlike A History of Violence, rather flattens the main character. Which doesn't change the fact that Eastern Promises is a fantastic thriller and Cronenberg is in his prime. [85%]
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Cronenberg left the fantasy world of human obsessions for good and began to explore ordinary people in liminal situations. The synopsis of Russian gangsters in London smacked of fake nasal accents and litres of vodka, and yet the result is more about the confrontation of different worlds. When we enter it, we can't get out, whether it’s the mafia driver with a secret, the nurse with an internal stigma, or the Ukrainian emigrant playing the involuntary role of a prostitute. It's gripping in moments and emotionally fulfilling on the whole, though the epilogue could be explored for long moments. And as paradoxical as it sounds, Eastern Promises is a very different alternative to Love Actually as a London Christmas film. 4 ½.
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With a bit of exaggeration, Naomi Watts's character seems to have fallen out of a naive Danielle Steele novel, creating a perfect contrast with the hard male world of the criminal underworld that has a somewhat uncompromising touch (detailed throat slashing, a knife stabbing an eyeball). It's in fact this contrast that is the greatest strength of the story, which is not very revelatory, but it must be said that Cronenberg's understated direction is very pleasant and effective, because despite the trivial plot, his film manages to draw you into the action so that the 100 minutes go by so quickly. Compared to the previous and weak A History of Violence, it is really very engaging with some truly unforgettable scenes (the opening fight in the sauna with Mortensen in a birthday suit). I could watch the phenomenal trio of Mueller-Stahl, Cassel, Mortensen for days.
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