Last Chance Harvey

Love at second sight is a feature film by British director Joel Hopkins from the year 2008. Romance The film is based on an original screenplay by Hopkins.

Action

The older, divorced New Yorker Harvey Shine earned with the composing advertising jingles for a living, after a career as a jazz pianist was not met. The alcohol devoted and unemployment near, he travels to London, where his daughter Susan celebrates her wedding. There is not welcome Harvey is housed separately from the other guests at a hotel that takes in a completely unsuitable jacket on the eve of the wedding at a dinner part and learns that Susan's stepfather Brian will lead them to the altar.

Harvey plans to New York to travel back to save his job. However, in the airport cafe he makes the acquaintance of the young airport employee Kate. Although Harvey still uncouth handling services on his arrival in London, develop for each other, the two sympathy. Also, Kate has not had it easy in life. She is standing alone, taking care of her mother Maggie, has participated unsuccessfully in a blind date and attended a writing workshop. Harvey then decides to stay up to the wedding celebrations in the British capital and the time to spend together with Kate, he also introduces his family.

After the wedding ceremony both roam until dawn the city and get to know each other. Harvey tells Kate about his failed marriage while she tells him about a previous abortion. Both exchange a first kiss at Somerset House. Harvey agrees to meet Kate there for the lunch hour. But he missed the scheduled meeting due to a tripped by his congenital heart rhythm disorder dizzy spell. Disappointed, Kate pulls back. Harvey, who has the offer, wiederzuerhalten his old job knocked out, it follows with the help of Kate's work colleague for writing workshop. Despite the different life he beats her with a common future. Kate is reluctant initially to be disappointed again for fear of the offer then takes on but.

Criticism

" The love story puts much emphasis on the male protagonist's dramatic conflicts, while the woman in the background is worked rather comedic. About Looking at the numerous clichés of plot, impressed the sensitive and tender play of the two protagonists. "

Awards

Emma Thompson and Dustin Hoffman were nominated for the Golden Globe award in 2009 for best lead actor in a comedy or musical, but had each opposite Sally Hawkins ( Happy-Go- Lucky ) and Colin Farrell ( see Bruges ... and die? ) In the cold.

Synchronization

  • German transcripts and dialogue director: Stephan Hoffmann
  • German Distributor: Concorde Film Distribution
  • Synchronized Production: Christa Kistner synchronous production GmbH

Trivia

In their trips through London the main characters to see the performance of a student apparently live band on the open road, which turns out to be the sibling trio Kitty, Daisy and Lewis Durham in a cameo.

2008 in film Film score John de Borman Happy-Go-Lucky
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