Two Lovers (2008)

Directed by

James Gray

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 50m

Rated

R

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 928 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man living with his parents in Brighton Beach is caught between two women. One is his stable and kind family friend, the other is a beautiful but troubled neighbor.

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What happens

Two Lovers is a 2008 American romantic drama film, directed by James Gray, and starring Joaquin Phoenix, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Vinessa Shaw. The film takes its inspiration from Fyodor Dostoyevsky's 1848 short story "White Nights", which had already been turned into a film seven times, first by Luchino Visconti: Le Notti Bianche (1957). It is set in the largely Russian Jewish neighborhood Brighton Beach in New York City, as was Gray's first film Little Odessa. Two Lovers premiered in competition at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival in May. The film was Gray's third to enter the competition at this festival. It was released on February 13, 2009. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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