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Вадим ПерельманArgumento:
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Roger DeakinsMúsica:
James HornerElenco:
Jennifer Connelly, Ben Kingsley, Ron Eldard, Kim Dickens, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Carlos Gómez, Frances Fisher, Marco Rodríguez, Ashley Edner (mais)Sinopses(1)
Massoud Amir Behrani is living a lie to fulfill a dream. Once a member of the Shah of Iran's elite inner circle, he has brought his family to America to build a new life. Despite a pretense of continued affluence, he is barely making ends meet until he sees his opportunity in the auction of a house being sold for back taxes. It is a terrible mistake. Through a bureaucratic snafu, the house had been improperly seized from its rightful owner, Kathy Lazaro, a self-destructive alcoholic. The loss of her home tears away Kathy's last hope of a stable life--a life that had been nearly destroyed by addiction--and Kathy decides to fight to recover her home at any cost. Her struggle is joined by deputy sheriff Lester Burdon, who tries to take the law into his own hands to help Kathy. (texto oficial do distribuidor)
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Um estudo de carácter melancólico e lento, que no final se transforma numa catarse emocionalmente desarmante e cheia de lágrimas. O filme é conduzido não só pelos seus excelentes atores, mas também pela direção suave e íntima de Roger Deakins, pela música hipnótica e pela câmara lenta e sombria. Um pequeno filme íntimo com uma grande ideia. P.S.: Das cenas eliminadas incluídas no DVD, eu colocaria definitivamente o «pequeno-almoço árabe sob vigilância» de volta no filme: complementa o personagem do jovem polícia, que é o único no filme que não funciona a cem por cento.
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The direction is very restrained and the editing is tepid. The whole movie is filled with a peculiar suffocating atmosphere that only enhances the overall experience. There are a few deaf spots and at times it seems to be too long, but it doesn't significantly detract from the film's qualities. It's quite a depressing thing that requires the right mood and a desire to discover something new from a filmmaking perspective.
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This is exactly the genre that Europeans know how to make better... The film was interesting to me as a psychological drama, a conflict between two completely different personalities (either by nature or by value scale), and unfortunately in the second half, it approached (especially when it came to shooting and the character of the young policeman) the methods of typical American crime thrillers. Connelly is certainly a good actress, but I couldn't shake the feeling that she had just stepped off the set from a different studio – she simply didn't fit the role of a cleaning lady for me... On the other hand, Ben Kingsley and his whole Persian family were convincing. If Vadim Perelman was trying to present Nicol even partially as a victim of the system, it didn't work for me. She was only a victim of her own carelessness, and I couldn't identify with her as a protagonist in any way. Overall impression: 60%.
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A beautiful and moving story, unfortunately driven to unrealistic (cinematic) extremes towards the end, which in my opinion detracts from its authenticity. Perelman proves with panache that even very simple material can be handled deftly, and his understated, eye-pleasing direction begs for an individual award. However, the main star is not the Ukrainian filmmaker, but the beautiful Connelly and, above all, the amazing Ben Kingsley, who again defines natural and precise acting. It's a real shame that Perelman got so carried away by the overseas trend, according to which a film's finale must be full of tears and psychological pressure; those great actors deserved better. 80%
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