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Anton Yelchin | ... | ||
Zooey Deschanel | ... | ||
John Hawkes | ... | ||
Alia Shawkat | ... |
Carrie
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Frank Langella | ... | ||
Ciarán Hinds | ... | ||
Aubrey Plaza | ... | ||
Benjamin Rogers | ... | ||
Primo Allon | ... | ||
Gary Hetherington | ... | ||
Lucia Frangione | ... | ||
Elika Portnoy | ... | ||
Amitai Marmorstein | ... | ||
Philip Granger | ... | ||
Duncan Ollerenshaw | ... |
Pierre Hunter (Anton Yelchin), a bartender with unyielding optimism, returns to his tiny hometown after his parents' death. When he falls for the enigmatic Stella (Zooey Deschanel), Pierre is unknowingly pulled into a cat-and-mouse game that involves a duffel bag full of cash, a haphazard yet determined criminal (John Hawkes), and a mystery that will determine all of their fates. With Alia Shawkat, Frank Langella, Aubrey Plaza, and Ciarán Hinds. Zachary Sluser's film, based on the novel by Tom Drury, is a contemporary fable about the ways we struggle to control time and fate in a possibly predetermined universe.
This is one of those films that should be watched two or three times to catch everything that is happening in this story. I will not attempt to relate the plot line here. My advice is to listen to the philosophical statements many of the characters speak during the movie. That is key in understanding whats happening just above the obvious.
Anton Yelchin as 'Pierre' finds himself, on his return to his hometown, caught between the real world and the metaphysical world and a murder. Human desire and action - is it impulsive or predetermined? What controls our life - lust for material gain and if so what effect does that have on the next life? Maybe I'm reading way too much into this film but I found it entertaining and thoughtful. The murder for profit eventually comes to the surface and Pierre's fate hangs by a thread. There is mystery and action enough to keep the casual viewer entertained.