It begins to rain and they seek shelter. It premiered in February 2014 in the Berlinale Special Galas section of the 64th Berlin International Film Festival. The detective pulls a gun and Chester kills him by accident in a brief struggle when the detective falls and hits his head. While Chester is trying to stow the body in the detective's hotel room, Rydal finds him in the corridor. Viggo Mortensen et Oscar Isaac sont d'une rare justesse et forment un duo complémentaire très convaincant. I was looking forward to this movie on the basis it looked like it had a bit of glamour to it, and I like the two leads Viggo Mortensen and Kirsten Dunst very much. The Two Faces of January is a 2014 American-British-French thriller film written and directed by Hossein Amini, in his directorial debut. Rydal takes the MacFarlands to see a friend who can furnish false passports to replace those they left at the hotel. When the agent asks Rydal why he wants to know, Rydal answers: "I thought I'd go to his funeral". Filming took place on location in Greece and Turkey, and at Ealing Studios. Chester grabs him by the throat and nearly pushes Rydal overboard telling him to never talk about his wife again. Frankie Mobile 07985 780284 NB If you are new to the group please text me or ring me as you arrive at the cinema so we don't miss you! [4], In 1962, con man Chester MacFarland and his wife Colette tour Greece and visit the Acropolis of Athens. The Two Faces of January ne manque pas de subtilité, mais il bénéficie surtout de l’excellence du matériau et pâtit parfois d’un certain manque de complexité ou de créativité dans l’exercice de style. The agent demands that Rydal extract a confession from Chester or their deal will be off. He has a covert meeting with the FBI agent, who he has made a previous deal with. In custody, MacFarland gets hold of a guard's pistol, fires at him, and is shot in turn. I felt this film ( The two faces of January) attempted to be something like Purple Noon but failed. He suggests waiting for the counterfeit documents in Crete. To view the entire site including the discussion board on your mobile use this address: http://www.meetup.com/movies-779/?set_mobil... By clicking "Sign up" or "Sign up using Facebook", you confirm that you accept our Terms of Service & Privacy Policy. Instead of seeing an old fashioned Western shootout, the Coen brothers' Best Picture winner was criticized by some for ending rather anticlimactically, as villain Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem) kills Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin) off-screen and escapes from the authorities. Directed by Hossein Amini. Point de Ripley ici, donc, bien qu’on retrouve sans peine les situations (fuite en avant, triangle amoureux) et les caractères de la romancière américaine, les rapports de force et de séduction que ces derniers entretiennent, aiguisés par l’envie et les rapports de classe. Chester rushes down to her but she is dead. The Two Faces of January ne manque pas de subtilité, mais il bénéficie surtout de l’excellence du matériau et pâtit parfois d’un certain manque de complexité ou de créativité dans l’exercice de style. Son attirance de plus en plus grande pour la vulnérable Colette, qui y semble sensible, rend Chester fou de jalousie. [Spoilers] Ending of 'A silent voice' explained. When Rydal comes to in the morning, he discovers Colette's dead body and while leaving, is seen by a group of students and their guide. [4] The second adaptation of the novel was released in 2014. As they take the ship back to Athens, they have a conversation while standing at a railing, looking out over the sea. I enjoyed the movie at the time, though I didn't have much sympathy with the Mr and Mrs characters. Get together to watch the latest mainstream and independent cinema releases! L’un (Chester/Mortensen), flamboyant quinqua et magouilleur de la finance venu de rien, pourchassé par ceux qu’il a truandés, a dû fuir l’Amérique en compagnie de sa jeune et ravissante épouse, tous deux tâchant de concilier grand train et profil bas dans un palace athénien ; l’autre (Rydal/Isaac), jeune homme bien né qui a renié son père et son destin, végète comme escroc à la petite semaine au pied du Parthénon et s’attache à leurs pas, convoitant une blonde qui lui irait bien mieux au bras. He wanted Chester's wife." Colette flirts with a smitten Keener in front of McFarland, whose jealousy eventually gets the better of him. 25 juin 2014. Over the course of time, members interested in organising events will be made assistant organisers. The men are quick to irrational displays of emotion and jealousy, and though the women are more level-headed, they are also complicit in the evils those men do. Le Casting: Viggo Mortensen (Chester McFarland), Kirsten Dunst (Colette McFarland), Oscar Isaac (Rydal), Daisy Bevan (Lauren), David Warshofsky (Paul Vittorio),... L'histoire : 1962. Mon humble avis : Pour ses premiers pas derrière la caméra, l'Iranien Hossein Amini (Scénariste de Jude ou encore Drive) fait dans la dentelle. › The Two Faces of January - Review Including Plot and Ending Spoilers!!!! Oui, vous avez déjà vu Oscar Isaac, dans Agora, Drive et bien sûr Inside LLewyn Davis où il tenait le rôle principal. He says he is going for a drink and boards a plane to Istanbul leaving Rydal with a suitcase containing documents that will tie him to Colette. If either is arrested, he will implicate the other. Le couple Mortensen / Dunst ne fonctionne en revanche pas très bien. The characters in “The Two Faces of January” are cut from that same amoral cloth. Variation criminelle à charge freudienne, naturellement rehaussée de touches hitchcockiennes, le film déroule le combat para-œdipien livré par deux personnages construits en miroir, tant sur le plan des origines que du parcours. Unbeknownst to Chester, Rydal has already been arrested by the FBI. Learn how and when to remove this template message, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Two_Faces_of_January&oldid=967719571, Articles needing additional references from October 2008, All articles needing additional references, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 14 July 2020, at 21:44. I'm also getting to the end of the Ripley books that Patricia Highsmith wrote (although I'm trying to ration myself with the last one, as there won't be any more! He takes her in his arms and cries out in grief.