6.4
Three years after his wife, acclaimed photographer Isabelle Reed, dies in a car crash, Gene keeps everyday life going with his shy teenage son, Conrad. A planned exhibition of Isabelle’s photographs prompts Gene's older son, Jonah, to return to the house he grew up in - and for the first time in a very long time, the father and the two brothers are living under the same roof.
Gabriel Byrne
Gene Reed
Isabelle Huppert
Isabelle Reed
Jesse Eisenberg
Jonah Reed
Devin Druid
Conrad Reed
Amy Ryan
Hannah Brennan
Ruby Jerins
Melanie
Megan Ketch
Amy Reed
David Strathairn
Richard Weissman
Rachel Brosnahan
Erin
Russell Posner
Kenneth
Maryann Urbano
The Agency Woman
Harry M. Ford
Ralph
Leslie Lyles
Principal
Sean Cullen
Lars Hecht
Venus Schultheis
Miriam
Charlie Rose
Himself
Director, Writer
Joachim Trier
Writer
Eskil Vogt
September 1, 2016
6
> A family in the grief, at a different level.
A multi-nationally produced film, especially you can call it a European product, but an English language film that takes place in the New York. The story of a husband and two sons of the famed war photographer who recently died in a car crash. So the film is focused to tell how they are going to cope with their loss, especially the little brother who has differences with his father. They all kind of drifted away from each other, but without an alternate they have to come together to go through it.
This is not a usual mourning theme, but sometimes I felt they forgot they're in mourning. Because the narration quickly shifts to various topics like the birth of a child, a new affair and trying to impress the girl whom the boy has a crush. So with all this, I completely witnessed a different type of film than what it had said. That's not bad, just a refreshing and with constant moving back and forth in in time to disclose some key events.
Mainly the portrayal splits into three to cover those three family members and each has its own specialty. Something like a film for older people, middle-aged and teens, all the these contents smartly joined together. Apart from the good show from the cast, the director did his best as usual, but this is not up to the par with his other works. For a watch this film definitely would do good. Since it's not a Hollywood, you won't have to worry about American film clichés, because it was developed much better and ends better.
6/10