Réalisation:
Ray LawrencePhotographie:
Mandy WalkerActeurs·trices:
Anthony LaPaglia, Geoffrey Rush, Barbara Hershey, Rachael Blake, Vince Colosimo, Lani John Tupu, Manu Bennett, Peter Phelps, Kerry Armstrong (plus)VOD (1)
Résumés(1)
Ray Lawrence's LANTANA is an intelligent, well-written, well-acted film that is much more than just another cop thriller--it's more like YOU CAN COUNT ON ME with its realistic, complex relationships and believable characters. The film opens with a slow pan over a dead body, eerily reminiscent of BLUE VELVET. Anthony LaPaglia stars as Leon, a Sydney police detective who is cheating on his wife, Sonja (Kerry Armstrong), with a married woman from their dance class (Rachael Blake), even though he still loves his wife. There's something missing from his life, but he's not sure what. His relationship with his son is strained, and even his partner, Claudia (Leah Purcell), knows something is wrong. But as his affair heats up and a murder mystery that seems to involve all of the people in his life begins to consume his attentions, he is forced to reexamine his future both as a family man and a cop. LANTANA won seven Australian Film Institute Awards, including best picture, best director for Lawrence, best actor for LaPaglia, best actress for Armstrong, best supporting awards for both Blake and Colosimo, and best adapted screenplay by Andrew Bovell, who based the script on his play SPEAKING IN TONGUES. As the murder investigation gets more complicated and the tangled web leads to even more lying, cheating, and deception, the acting intensifies, and the sharp dialogue allows the characters to blossom as beautifully as the lantana bush referred to in the title. (texte officiel du distributeur)
(plus)Critiques (1)
A sensational relationship drama with a hint of crime drama, which requires an hour wait, but the wait is definitely worth it and it is not boring. In the meantime, the script and the excellent actors introduce us to a colorful mix of characters, whose stories the "crime" then shakes up. At a time when other crime dramas would be just beginning to uncover possible motives, we already know almost everything about the heroes and heroines of Lantana and we're just waiting to see how it actually turns out. As I wrote, you won't find a bad actor or actress here (you can tell by the fact that even the master Goeffrey Rush doesn't stand out this time) and the script is fresh and cunning. The direction presents the dramatic situations with complete calmness, thankfully we don't see any hysterical outbursts, desperate screaming, streams of tears and heaps of remorse. No, no, these quiet dramas are much more impressive.
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