Seven Close Encounters 2018 / Match Point / United Kingdom, Ireland, Luxembourg 2005
Marek Eben presents
It was not Allen’s sole attempt at serious matter, yet this dark and disturbing drama about a young man’s rise to the higher circles of London society is the first film he shot abroad. It shines for its well-paced plot and its precisely delineated characters, but the work is especially engaging for pondering the extent to which we are subject to a fateful temptation and how far we are willing to muzzle our consciences to gain an advantage.
Marek Eben presents
“This is a thriller but, unlike other films of the genre, it’s comprehensible. I often get the feeling that filmmakers today are content if their film is weird; it doesn’t need a plotline, it doesn’t need a denouement, just so long as it’s weird enough. This film isn’t weird; it’s just good.”
Match Point was not Allen’s sole attempt at serious matter, yet this dark and disturbing drama about a young man’s rise to the higher circles of London society is the first film he shot abroad. It shines for its well-paced plot and its precisely delineated characters, but the work is especially engaging for pondering the extent to which we are subject to a fateful temptation and how far we are willing to muzzle our consciences to gain an advantage.
Zdena Škapová
124 min / Color, 35 mm
Director Woody Allen
/ Screenplay Woody Allen
/ Dir. of Photography Remi Adefarasin
/ Editor Alisa Lepselter
/ Art Director Diane Dancklefsen, Jan Spoczynski
/ Producer Letty Aronson, Lucy Darwin, Gareth Wiley
/ Production BBC Films, Thema Production SA, A Jada Production
/ Cast Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Emily Mortimer, Scarlett Johansson, Penelope Wilton
/ Sales WestEnd Films
/ Contact BFI
Woody Allen (b. 1935, New York City). Selected filmography. Play It Again, Sam (1972), Love and Death (1975), Annie Hall (1977), Interiors (1978), Manhattan (1979), Stardust Memories (1980), A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy (1982), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), September (1987), Radio Days (1987), Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989), Shadows and Fog (1991), Husbands and Wives (1992), Celebrity (1998), Cassandra’s Dream (2007), Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008), Midnight in Paris (2011), Blue Jasmine (2013), Magic in the Moonlight (2014), Café Society (2016)
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