Lantana (2001)

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Undiscovered Gem
by estela in estela Blog

loved it.

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"Lantana never ceases to be interesting. Based on Andrew Bovell's play "Speaking in Tongues", this Australian box office hit drama follows a number of people who become intertwined in a labyrinth of love, sex and deceit and amazing ramifications. This film is a pure cinematic delight great characters. I hope you get time to view it. Film synopsis: A woman disappears. Four marriages are drawn into a tangled web of love, deceit, sex and death. Not all of them will survive. LANTANA is a psychological drama about love, infidelity and mistrust. It's about the mistakes we make, the consequences we suffer and the attempts we make to fix things up. " [More]

Lantana
by JimBell in JimBell Blog

lost interest.

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"Lantana (I have no idea what the title means) is an Australian production, including Barbara Hershey and Geoffrey Rush, which is ostensibly a murder mystery. It opens with the slow, panning shot of a dead woman face down in the bush. Then murder does not rear its head for another hour as we see every middle-aged marriage (except one) in some sort of crisis. So the point is that most Australian marriages of any duration are arid and treacherous. That may well be true, but no matter how fine the acting, it is tough to watch. When the murder kicks in things get much more interesting. And the actual “murder” is in many senses realistic. It is in keeping with the realism of the rest of the movie. The film ends with flashes of the subsequent relations of the characters. If you’re into the angst of (especially Australian) marriages of middle-aged couples, then this provides fascinating variety. I thought it was a poor picture, and I was glad I had ironing to do. It linge ... " [More]

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