Two Lovers (film)

Infobox Film
name = Two Lovers


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director = James Gray
producer = Donna Gigliotti
James Gray
Anthony Katagas
writer = James Gray
Richard Menello
starring = Joaquin Phoenix
Gwyneth Paltrow
Vinessa Shaw
Isabella Rossellini
Elias Koteas
Moni Moshonov
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cinematography = Joaquin Baca-Asay
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distributor = Wild Bunch Distribution
released = May 2008 (Cannes Film Festival)
runtime = 100 minutes
country = USA
language = English
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amg_id = 1:416222
imdb_id = 1103275

"Two Lovers" is an upcoming film starring Joaquin Phoenix, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Vinessa Shaw. It is directed by James Gray and set in Brighton Beach in New York. It premiered in competition at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival in May. This film is Gray's third to enter the competition at this festival.

Plot

A Brooklyn-set romantic drama about a bachelor (Phoenix) torn between the family friend his parents wish he would marry and his beautiful but volatile new neighbor. [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1103275/ Two Lovers (2008) ] ]

Reception

Ray Bennett from The Hollywood Reporter defined the film as "an old-fashioned love story in which the melodramatic trapdoors of shock and surprise never open" and added that the film "will please many and it may win awards", though "the acting is (...) restrained." He also lauded the film as "a throwback to the days when love in the movies involved the mind as well as the heart."cite journal
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title = Reviews: 'Two Lovers'
journal = The Hollywood Reporter, The Daily from Cannes
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issue = 8
pages = p. 9
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location = Cannes
date = 2008-05-21
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Cast

*Joaquin Phoenix - Leonard
*Gwyneth Paltrow - Michelle
*Vinessa Shaw - Sandra
*Isabella Rossellini - Ruth
*Elias Koteas - Ronald Blatte
*John Ortiz - Jose Cordero

External links

*imdb title|1103275|title=Two Lovers

References