Venus (2006)
Country: GB/US
Technical: DeLuxe 95m
Director: Roger Michell
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Leslie Phillips, Jodie Whittaker, Richard Griffiths, Vanessa Redgrave
Synopsis:
A semi-retired and ailing actor/roué conceives a passion for the grand-niece of his best friend who is living with and looking her uncle.
Review:
The story of a man who embraces life right up to the end, as opposed to that of a dirty old man, though some would argue with that of course. The scenario is more wistful, less physical than The Mother's, to which it is kin, and the girl is at first a rough, unprepossessing object of obsession who has to learn how to be loved. The acting is first-rate, especially Whittaker, though O'Toole does give a performance of self-lacerating power, stripped of vanity.
Country: GB/US
Technical: DeLuxe 95m
Director: Roger Michell
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Leslie Phillips, Jodie Whittaker, Richard Griffiths, Vanessa Redgrave
Synopsis:
A semi-retired and ailing actor/roué conceives a passion for the grand-niece of his best friend who is living with and looking her uncle.
Review:
The story of a man who embraces life right up to the end, as opposed to that of a dirty old man, though some would argue with that of course. The scenario is more wistful, less physical than The Mother's, to which it is kin, and the girl is at first a rough, unprepossessing object of obsession who has to learn how to be loved. The acting is first-rate, especially Whittaker, though O'Toole does give a performance of self-lacerating power, stripped of vanity.
Country: GB/US
Technical: DeLuxe 95m
Director: Roger Michell
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Leslie Phillips, Jodie Whittaker, Richard Griffiths, Vanessa Redgrave
Synopsis:
A semi-retired and ailing actor/roué conceives a passion for the grand-niece of his best friend who is living with and looking her uncle.
Review:
The story of a man who embraces life right up to the end, as opposed to that of a dirty old man, though some would argue with that of course. The scenario is more wistful, less physical than The Mother's, to which it is kin, and the girl is at first a rough, unprepossessing object of obsession who has to learn how to be loved. The acting is first-rate, especially Whittaker, though O'Toole does give a performance of self-lacerating power, stripped of vanity.