The Aspern Papers (2018)

Directed by

Julien Landais

Genre

drama film

Country

Germany, United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

4.5 of 10 from 22 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A literary scholar travels to Venice to obtain the love letters of a famous poet from an elderly woman who guards them. He insinuates himself into her life and becomes entangled in a tense psychological game of manipulation and hidden desires.

slow-burnintellectualtensemelancholicatmosphericcerebralrestrainedelegiac

What happens

The Aspern Papers is a 2018 period drama, co-written, co-produced and directed by Julien Landais, based on Jean Pavans' scenic adaptation of Henry James' eponymous 1888 novel. The film stars Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Joely Richardson and Vanessa Redgrave; Academy Award-winner James Ivory acting as executive producer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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