The Clearing
Director:
Pieter Jan BruggeGuión:
Justin HaytheCámara:
Denis LenoirMúsica:
Craig ArmstrongReparto:
Robert Redford, Helen Mirren, Willem Dafoe, Alessandro Nivola, Melissa Sagemiller, Matt Craven, Larry Pine, Elizabeth Ruscio, Audrey Wasilewski (más)Sinopsis(1)
Wayne (Robert Redford) y Eileen (Helen Mirren) son un matrimonio cuya apacible vida transcurre feliz tras unos cuantos años casados, aunque no todo es lo que parece. Viven en una gran mansión y Wayne se gana muy bien la vida con sus negocios. Tienen dos hijos, Tim (Alessandro Nivola) y Jill (Melissa Sagemiller). Un buen día, un día como cualquier otro, Wayne sale hacia el trabajo, no sin antes recordarle su mujer que debe llegar pronto, puesto que tienen invitados a cenar. Los invitados llegan, pero Wayne se retrasa, algo normal en él teniendo en cuenta que es un hombre muy ocupado. Pero ya es madrugada, y sigue sin aparecer. Entonces Eileen llama a la policía, y empieza la búsqueda. Lo que ella no sabe es que Wayne ha sido secuestrado por un enigmático personaje (Willem Dafoe) que parece conocerle muy bien. Un hombre que no tiene nada que perder y todo por ganar, sobre todo una gran cantidad de dinero. (20th Century Fox España)
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Los cineastas no pretendían atraer a las masas con acción o suspense de thriller tradicional, sino que concibieron la película como un drama de cámara minimalista sobre los sentimientos de dos personas enamoradas e inesperadamente separadas. Una buena película sobre el amor y el perdón de toda la vida, basada en tres excelentes interpretaciones y una dirección consciente y sabia.
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Robert Redford doesn’t needs this, but his performance as a businessman is definitely worth mentioning, at least as much as the role of a mysterious kidnapper played by Willem Dafoe. The kidnapping plot is very simple, with a straightforward narrative and minimalist music, but it hides a fairly solid and tangible depth in its simple message and restrained dialogues, and it’s definitely not an unnecessary product belonging to the past. The editing is extremely interesting, thanks to which the plot is relatively gripping and unpredictable despite its sparseness. A similar style was seen, for example, in 21 Grams, although it was much more striking there. Redford is still in.
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A first-class cast, a run-of-the-mill screenplay, and routineer directing. And the result? A wasted opportunity. What makes The Clearing at least a slightly above-average experience is Helen Mirren. It is almost unbelievable how much life she breathes into her two-dimensionally written character with her quiet performance. While both Dafoe and Redford are a little lifeless. And if you last out watching this rather uninspiring story, you find out in the end that the screenplay isn’t quite as run-of-the-mill as it seemed at the beginning. Even so, you will forget this movie even before the final credits play out.
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An attempted ransom drop in a hotel lobby (or wherever) where FBI agents were hiding so "inconspicuously" that they might as well have dressed up in tropical fruit costumes and it would have ended up the same.... That was sure something! Otherwise, there is little I can fault The Clearing for. As an intimate relationship drama with a melancholic mood, it works well thanks to the trio of reliable actors and Armstrong's music.
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