At a New York City wedding reception two guests, seemingly strangers, become entangled in a sexually-charged battle of wits. But as the night carries on in a cigarette smoke haze, the nameless couple's repartee deepens to reveal the passion of their two decades past love affair. Escaping the party for a hotel room, the two are .. Read more
| Starring | Helena Bonham-Carter, Aaron Eckhart, Nora Zehetner, Cerina Vincent |
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| Director | Hans Canosa |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
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At a New York City wedding reception two guests, seemingly strangers, become entangled in a sexually-charged battle of wits. But as the night carries on in a cigarette smoke haze, the nameless couple's repartee deepens to reveal the passion of their two decades past love affair. Escaping the party for a hotel room, the two are soon gripped by their mutual past and the individual choices that lead them to the present. Unfolding entirely in split-screen, Director Hans Canosa's feature debut is an unconventional and poignant love story.
| Starring | Helena Bonham-Carter, Aaron Eckhart, Nora Zehetner, Cerina Vincent, Brianna Brown, Thomas Lennon, Olivia Wilde, David Franklin, Bryan Geraghty, Yury Tsykun, Erik Eidem |
|---|---|
| Director | Hans Canosa |
| Studio | REVELATION FILMS |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 20 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Language | English |
| Released | DVD: 20 Aug 2007 Production year: 2005 |
| Format | DVD |
A middle-aged man and a woman - Aaron Eckhart and Helena Bonham Carter - meet at a wedding. He's flirtatious. She plays along. Her husband is a cardiologist back in London. She came over to... read more »
An extremely boring movie....filmed with a split screen the entire time and only featuring 2 people's conversation the entire time???!! Who thinks up these story lines?
Honestly - don't bother!
If you liked 'Before Sunrise'/'Before Sunset' then this is the film for you. If anything, the dialogue and acting in this are more plausible and engaging and, wait for it, there is a lot more in the way of plot development. If you hated those films, then give this one a wide berth. Both actors are superb in this, particularly Helena B C whom I have previously found a little annoying.
I often read comments in reviews such as this along the lines of 'why don't the American's make more films that resemble European arthouse movies?' : well in this case, they apparently do.
The split screen is used to good effect to tell us what the characters are remembering from the past, thinking about now, or what options they are considering as their next move.
I loved it.
A middle-aged man and a woman - Aaron Eckhart and Helena Bonham Carter - meet at a wedding. He's flirtatious. She plays along. Her husband is a cardiologist back in London. She came over to New York at the last minute, an alternate bridesmaid for a friend she used to know. The man says he's seen her before: he has a picture of her reading a book on a summer's day somewhere. He remembers coming up and dragging her away to the picnic - he can even describe what she was wearing. But what was the... Read more