Henry's Crime

Henry & Julie - The Gangster and the Diva ( Original title: Henry 's Crime ) is a romantic U.S. film comedy from 2010 by director Malcolm Venville starring Keanu Reeves, James Caan and Vera Farmiga. The innocent condemned alleged bank robber Henry ( Reeves ), coat after his release the same bank with his former cellmate Max ( Caan ) and falls in love with the eccentric actress Julie ( Farmiga ).

Action

Henry is working on a motorway tollgate and leads a boring life with his wife Debbie in Buffalo. His former school mate Eddie persuades him to stand in for his sick friend Joe as a player in a baseball game. On the way to the game remain the three are in a bank to withdraw money at an ATM. Eddie and Joe attacked surprisingly, the Bank and Henry, who is waiting in the car, is innocent arrested as an accomplice by police officers Frank. Henry has for 3 years in prison, where he meets the old crook Max.

Debbie separates from Henry and after he is released early from prison, he discovers that his ex -wife of Joe is pregnant. After Max is also released from prison, the two decide on an old buried tunnel into the bank to break in and rob them. The tunnel entrance is located in the theater next to the bank, in which Julie is rehearsing for the play The Cherry Orchard by Chekhov.

Henry and Julie get to know for loss caused by Julie traffic accident in which Henry is slightly injured. When they look at the back entrance of the theater after the tunnel to the bank, they are surprised by Julie. Under a pretext they visit the theater and find the tunnel entrance behind a wardrobe wall.

Max begins as an unpaid employee in the theater. Julie and Henry fall in love, which Julie learns of the planned bank robbery. After one of the main characters of the play, after a threaded Max dispute with the Director Darek finished rehearsals, Henry jumps as an actor, making the gangsters to the now Joe heard, gets access to the cloakroom to the tunnel entrance. The frustrated police officer Frank sees through their plans, eventually also participates in the bank robbery. About the alcoholic Joe then Eddie joined against the will of Max to the bank robbers.

On the opening night of the play a larger sum of money is delivered to the bank. The gangsters decide to seize the opportunity. Henry tells Julie from the time of the attack and the planned escape, which it separates in the dispute of Henry. During the performance, Max, Joe and Eddie steal your heart with the help of Frank from the bench. Henry plays in the play and helps during his breaks in packaging the bundle of money. Eddie pulls a gun, and would like to do with Joe and the stolen money out of the dust, but after he has Henry wounded in the leg, left overpowered and tied up in the tunnel. Max, Joe and Henry fled with the money, but go to Julie Henry decides to return.

Reviews

For the lexicon of international film entertain the movie " with absurd scenes. " Moreover, his drawing " voices the portrait of a man whose quest for revenge endangered his happiness ." Overall, this " mix of gangster and love drama [ ... ] sent the staging of Chekhov's piece with the narrated reality of the planned coup " connect a.

Background

The film was first shown in 2010 at the Toronto International Film Festival

2010 in film Screenplay Film score Paul Cameron (cinematographer) Danny Hoch
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