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Two Jacks (2012)

Two Jacks poster
Original title
2 Jacks
Directed by
Bernard Rose
Genre
independent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
18A
Rating
5.2 of 10 from 22 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A reckless and charming father and his more responsible son each get involved with different women in the same town, decades apart. The movie follows how their similar impulses play out across two generations.

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What happens

Two Jacks is a 2012 comedy-drama film written and directed by Bernard Rose starring Sienna Miller and Danny Huston. It is an adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's 1856 short story "Two Hussars" and is Rose's fifth Tolstoy adaptation, following Anna Karenina (1997), Ivans XTC (2002), The Kreutzer Sonata (2008) and Boxing Day (2012). The film premiered in competition at the Montreal World Film Festival (August 23 to September 3, 2012). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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