Lantana (Film)

Lantana is an Australian- German film drama from the year 2001. Directed by Ray Lawrence, the screenplay was written by Andrew Bovell based on the own stage play Speaking in Tongues.

Action

The film begins with the fact that the police officer Leon Zat his wife Sonja cheating with Jane O'May. Sonja, who has two children, goes into therapy with Valerie Somers, who is traumatized after a murder that took place years ago. It will be shown at Dr Somers therapy sessions of other patients. One day the car of Somers what she calls her husband and a message on the answering machine havariert. In one of the more messages she throws her husband before having an affair with her homosexual patients.

The next day, Dr. Somers is reported as missing; her car is found. Leon Zat takes over the investigation. He meets up again with O'May, which makes up with him. A little later O'May found on the property of their neighbors Nik Daniels a shoe; it turns out that the shoe belonged to Dr. Somers. Daniels is brought to the police station and interrogated. Zat freaks out when the man remembers that he has seen him in O'May. Daniels told the police he had Somers hit on the road and taken them in his car. They had suddenly jumped out of the car and ran away. He had left her, so she was not afraid of him.

The body of Dr. Somers is found in a ravine into which it has fallen. Leon listens to the recordings of the therapy sessions - including those on which his wife says they accuse him of an affair, but still love. The film ends with Leon and Sonja dancing together.

Reviews

David Stratton wrote in the journal Variety of 11 June 2001, the psychological drama offers " wonderful " representations and intensive observations. Both would provide for a " unusual " density of realism ( " to unusual level of realism "); apparently unimportant details would prove to be important later.

The lexicon of international film wrote that the film is an oriented to the genre of film noir and the episodic narrative perspective of Robert Altman psychological thriller. He was " telling exciting," staged " with Verve " and " excellent reception ". His " somnambulistic equanimity " overcome " sent simplistic Genre mechanisms " and keep " at the same time a universal mystery in ".

The magazine Cinema wrote that the film was " fraught with problems up to the edge of despair " and " so fascinating ominously like a David Lynch Puzzle", but " not nearly as cryptic ." He would like the audience, the Mulholland Drive - like road of darkness and Short Cuts.

Awards

Anthony LaPaglia, Vince Colosimo, Kerry Armstrong, Rachael Blake, Ray Lawrence Jan Chapman and - Andrew Bovell won the 2001 Australian Film Institute Award - in two categories. Among the six other nominations for the same price for clients such as Daniella Farinacci, for the soundtrack for the cut and for the costumes. The film for Best Picture, Ray Lawrence, the ensemble cast and the script received 2001 awards from the Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival. The film received a special award in 2001 by the U.S. National Board of Review. Ray Lawrence 2001 received a prize from the Melbourne International Film Festival and was for the Golden Shell at the Festival Internacional de Cine de Donostia- San Sebastián nominated. Anthony LaPaglia, which consists of five actresses Ensemble, Ray Lawrence, the film as Best Picture and Andrew Bovell received the 2001 Australian IF Award. The film was nominated for the same award for the music, the camera work and sound. In 2002 he received the IF Award for grossing.

The film for Best Picture, Kerry Armstrong, Anthony LaPaglia, Daniella Farinacci and Andrew Bovell for the screenplay won in 2002 the Film Critics Circle of Australia Award. Among the eight other nominations for the same price for clients such as Director, for the camera work for the average and for the score. Ray Lawrence received two awards of the 2002 Cognac Festival du Film Policier. The film won the 2002 Best Foreign Language Film British Independent Film Award. Andrew Bovell won the Chlotrudis Award in 2003, Anthony LaPaglia was nominated for the same price. Andrew Bovell won the London Critics Circle Film Awards 2003.

Background

The movie was filmed in Sydney and in some other places in New South Wales. Its world premiere took place on 8 June 2001 at the Sydney Film Festival, which opened with the film. This was followed by presentations at the Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and at the Festival Internacional de Cine de Donostia- San Sebastián, in September 2001, and at several other film festivals. The film came in the Australian cinema on 4 October 2001 and played an approximately 12.3 million Australian dollars; the U.S., approximately 4.46 million U.S. dollars have been recorded. In France, there were over 201 thousand moviegoers.

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