Directed by:
Paweł PawlikowskiScreenplay:
Paweł PawlikowskiCinematography:
Ryszard LenczewskiComposer:
Max de WardenerCast:
Ethan Hawke, Kristin Scott Thomas, Joanna Kulig, Samir Guesmi, Delphine Chuillot, Grégory Gadebois, Serge Bozon, Mamadou Minte, Geoffrey Carey, Anne Benoît (more)VOD (2)
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Ethan Hawke plays Harry Ricks in this adaptation of novelist Douglas Kennedy's erotic thriller by the director of My Summer of Love and Last Resort. Ricks' life is out of control - separated from his wife, he heads to Paris in search of his daughter and the bohemian life of a would-be writer. But a series of encounters with the wrong kind of people start to push him towards free fall, until he meets mysterious emigre, Margit, played by Kristin Scott Thomas, who seduces him and appears to offer him the hedonistic and uncomplicated life he craves. (Artificial Eye)
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A psychological European story that got entrusted to a Polish screenwriter and director. Its quality can be compared to the chicken that Poland has recently exported into the entire European Union and that turned out to be full of dog antibiotics, which made some people go blind. By which I mean it’s shit. The only advantage of this movie is its short duration. Even during those 80 minutes, I couldn’t understand what was going on and the only thing I knew for sure was when it was over.
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I'm very relieved that I'm not the only one who is confused about this film. Unlike most reviewers, however, I was quite interested in the story of writer Tom Ricks, and I'll be quietly pondering what I saw for some time to come. The disturbing mental ambivalence of the protagonist and the very telling last shot of the film invite this. (75%)
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