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Genres:
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Drama /
Romance
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Director:
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Andrew Wagner
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Actors:
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Joie Lee,
Michael Cumpsty,
Thomas Ryan,
Patti Perkins,
Dennis Parlato,
Jeff McCarthy,
Karl Bury,
Anitha Gandhi,
John C. Havens,
Frank Langella,
Lauren Ambrose,
Lili Taylor,
Adrian Lester,
Jessica Hecht,
Sean T. Krishnan
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Duration:
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111 min.
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Rating:
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(7/10)93
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Plot Summary:
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Alex is not like other girls. She is a 15-year-old with a abstruse, in unison that no other can claim. Her parents be preserved her covert away at a coastal town in amongst the dunes of the shoreline, buying time in the future they must decide on a life-foreboding operation.
When close children friend and plastic surgeon Ramiro arrives with his teenage son ?lvaro, Alex begins to realise that his look in on could fluctuate her life forever. As the parents battle with the complications that will arise as Alex reaches adulthood, Alex and Alvaro evolve into suffocating, their relationsh... ip causing tensions amongst the locals. However, as the parents battle it out to instill a sense of advertise-mindedness amongst their bund, it is the children who make good themselves to be limber in understanding the sexual leanings and complexities of others.
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Highly recommended
A very subtle and interesting film, thought-provoking and with a good story. You don't have to have any special interest in theories of gender to enjoy this, it's a very human story of a teenager in an unusual situation, and how s/he and her family, friends and neighbours relate to her. I find it hard to describe, I make it sound like an 'issue of the month' tearjerker and It' so far from from that ... not a hollywood movie at all, but not an impenetrable art film either. The central performance is extremely good. I've lent this film to neighbours who've also raved about it.
Starting Out in the Evening
Scott FoundasDirector Andrew Wagner draws topnotch work from a pro cast in Starting Out in the Evening, a wise, carefully observed chamber drama about an elderly novelist whose daily routine is interrupted by the arrival of a young grad student with more than academics on her mind. While its New York lit-world setting, focus on aging and preference for intelligent dialogue over kinetic action will do little to create a feeding frenzy among potential distribs, this small yet deeply resonant pic should be embraced by upscale arthouse auds and spark awards talk for star Frank Langella.
A contemporary of Saul Bellow and Delmore Schwartz, Leonard Schiller (Langella) hasn't been the same man since his wife died, and even less so since he suffered a heart attack. His fo...
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