Written by James M. Tate / 5/29/2014 / No comments / drama , indie , jeremy renner , joaquin phoenix , marion cotillard , period piece
MARION COTILLARD & JOAQUIN PHOENIX IN THE IMMIGRANT
year: 2014 |
About to be deported, Ewa meets Leon, played by Joaquin Phoenix, and doesn’t trust him one bit... Not even when he takes her home to an apartment, provides her with food and a comfortable bed… She obviously realizes, deep down, something’s not only up his sleeve but his heart is beating desperately there.
rating: ** |
The most interesting scenes involve Ewa reluctantly becoming a prostitute, all to pay for her (unseen) sister’s rehabilitation. Cotillard's expressions are morose and melancholy yet there’s a world-weary countenance mixed in: She may be new to the tricks, but is no stranger to the rodeo. And while the lovely French DARK KNIGHT RISES actress blends into the stylishly somber atmosphere, Phoenix, as a character possibly inspired by Ben Gazzara’s creative yet oblivious strip show owner in THE KILLING OF A CHINESE BOOKIE, seems surprisingly out of place…
As does Jeremy Renner as Leon’s cousin, a charming magician promising Ewa a way out of the nightmare. Not only is Renner's gentleman suitor much too good to be true, he slights the film's edgy realism. Through all the exasperating torment, and no matter how many traumas our put-upon heroine suffers, it all seems too easy, somehow.
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