Official Movie Website Theatrical Release 02/13/09 02/27/09 Home Video Not Available MPAA Rating Rated R for language, some sexuality and brief drug use Running Time 1 hour 50 minutes Genre Drama,Romance Director James Gray Writer James Gray, Richard Menello Cast Joaquin Phoenix, Gwyneth Paltrow, Vinessa Shaw, Moni Moshonov, Isabella Rossellina, John Ortiz, Bob Ari,Julie Budd Studio Magnolia Pictures |
TWO LOVERS (2009)
SYNOPSIS
Set in the insular world of Brighton Beach, Brooklyn,
TWO LOVERS is a classic romantic drama, with
Joaquin Phoenix giving a raw and vulnerable
performance as Leonard, a charismatic but troubled
young man who moves back into his childhood home
following a recent heartbreak. While recovering under
the watchful eye of his parents (Isabella Rossellini and
Moni Monoshov), Leonard meets two women in quick
succession: Michelle (Gwyneth Paltrow), a mysterious
and beautiful neighbor who is exotic and out-of-place in
Leonard's staid world, and Sandra, the lovely and
caring daughter of a businessman who is buying out
his family's dry-cleaning business.
Leonard becomes deeply infatuated by Michelle, who
seems poised to fall for him, but is having a self-
destructive affair with a married man. At the same
time, mounting pressure from his family pushes him
towards committing to Sandra. Leonard is forced to
make an impossible decision – between the
impetuousness of desire and the comfort of love – or
risk falling back into the darkness that nearly killed him.
--©Magnolia Pictures
Set in the insular world of Brighton Beach, Brooklyn,
TWO LOVERS is a classic romantic drama, with
Joaquin Phoenix giving a raw and vulnerable
performance as Leonard, a charismatic but troubled
young man who moves back into his childhood home
following a recent heartbreak. While recovering under
the watchful eye of his parents (Isabella Rossellini and
Moni Monoshov), Leonard meets two women in quick
succession: Michelle (Gwyneth Paltrow), a mysterious
and beautiful neighbor who is exotic and out-of-place in
Leonard's staid world, and Sandra, the lovely and
caring daughter of a businessman who is buying out
his family's dry-cleaning business.
Leonard becomes deeply infatuated by Michelle, who
seems poised to fall for him, but is having a self-
destructive affair with a married man. At the same
time, mounting pressure from his family pushes him
towards committing to Sandra. Leonard is forced to
make an impossible decision – between the
impetuousness of desire and the comfort of love – or
risk falling back into the darkness that nearly killed him.
--©Magnolia Pictures
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