Plot
A woman takes the law into her own hands after police ignore her pleas to arrest the man responsible for her husband's death, and finds herself not only under arrest for murder but falling in love with an officer.
Release Year: 2002
Rating: 7.1/10 (14,092 voted)
Critic's Score: 68/100
Director:
Tom Tykwer
Stars: Cate Blanchett, Giovanni Ribisi, Remo Girone
Storyline Love, retribution and redemption. Devastated by her husband's death from a drug overdose, Philippa, a British teacher living in Turin, Italy, tries to bring justice to the biggest drug dealer in Turin when the local police ignore her information about him. In building a home-made bomb and setting off a plan that fails miserably, her status changes from young widow to that of a criminal in custody. Young police officer Filipo descends into Philippa's life, changing her bleak outlook on existence into one in search of tranquility among corruption, as they become unlikely soul mates and lovers.
Writers: Krzysztof Kieslowski, Krzysztof Piesiewicz
Cast: Cate Blanchett
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Philippa
Giovanni Ribisi
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Filippo
Remo Girone
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Filippo's Father
Stefania Rocca
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Regina
Alessandro Sperduti
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Ariel
Mattia Sbragia
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Major Pini
Stefano Santospago
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Mr. Vendice
Alberto Di Stasio
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The Prosecutor
Giovanni Vettorazzo
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The Inspector
Gianfranco Barra
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The Lieutenant
Vincent Riotta
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Chief Guard
Mauro Marino
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Doctor
Stefania Orsola Garello
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Vendice's Secretary
Fausto Lombardi
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Father High Rise
Giorgia Coppa
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Older Daughter
Filming Locations: Bottrop, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany
Box Office Details
Budget: $11,000,000
(estimated)
Opening Weekend: £78,207
(UK)
(11 August 2002)
(39 Screens)
Gross: $774,317
(USA)
(8 December 2002)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Did You Know?
Trivia:
The first of a planned trilogy Krzysztof Kieslowski and Krzysztof Piesiewicz wrote before Kieslowski's death: Heaven, Hell and Purgatory.
Goofs:
Crew or equipment visible:
Crewmembers are briefly reflected in the front of a train as we see the main characters walk away from the train. Specifically, look for a man in a red tee-shirt.
Quotes:
[first lines]
Helicopter Pilot:
[in Italian supervising simulation]
Follow the terrain. Good. Keep it perpendicular to the ridge. That's it. Under real conditions you might have to compensate for the wind here. Now, maintain you height. Watch your height, careful.
[climbing higher simulator switches off]
Helicopter Pilot:
In a real helicopter you can't just keep flying higher. Filippo:
How high can I fly?
User Review
Nothing typical, everything beautiful in a movie.
Rating:
This is not an ordinary movie. Watching this film is like watching a poem.
it is too bad that
some reviewers here have to see everything in the plug and play mode meant
for short
attention spans. This is a work of art intended to be tasted, smelled,
seen, and touched. It
enlivens the senses, touches the heart, and moves you with little dialog.
Blanchett doesn't
have to speak. Her face tells the pain of her loss, her remorse for her
actions, and her lack of
relief from her revenge. Ribisi is stunning as the outwardly simple,
infatuated boy-like man
with subtly revealed inner strength and cunning.
Sometimes it is nice to take a break from the usual fare and take a ride on
a work of art. I
loved this film and will watch it again.
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