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Correspondence

Original title: La corrispondenza
  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • 2h 2m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
5.1K
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Jeremy Irons and Olga Kurylenko in Correspondence (2016)
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Focused on the relationship between an astronomer and his lover, who spend their years apart.Focused on the relationship between an astronomer and his lover, who spend their years apart.Focused on the relationship between an astronomer and his lover, who spend their years apart.

  • Director
    • Giuseppe Tornatore
  • Writer
    • Giuseppe Tornatore
  • Stars
    • Jeremy Irons
    • Olga Kurylenko
    • Simon Johns
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    6.1/10
    5.1K
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    • Director
      • Giuseppe Tornatore
    • Writer
      • Giuseppe Tornatore
    • Stars
      • Jeremy Irons
      • Olga Kurylenko
      • Simon Johns
    • 21User reviews
    • 42Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 10 nominations total

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    Jeremy Irons
    Jeremy Irons
    • Ed Phoerum
    Olga Kurylenko
    Olga Kurylenko
    • Amy Ryan
    Simon Johns
    • Jason
    • (as Simon Anthon Johns)
    James Warren
    • Rick
    Shauna Macdonald
    Shauna Macdonald
    • Victoria
    Oscar Sanders
    Oscar Sanders
    • Nicholas
    Paolo Calabresi
    Paolo Calabresi
    • Prescatore Ottavio
    Anna Savva
    Anna Savva
    • Angela
    • (as Anne Christina Savva)
    Irina Kara
    Irina Kara
    • Mamma di Amy
    • (as Irina Karatcheva)
    Sammy Moreno
    • Ragazzo Consegne
    Marc Forde
    Marc Forde
    • Restauratore
    Michael Sarne
    Michael Sarne
    • Avv. Durrell
    Ian Cairns
    • George
    Paul Ridley
    • Sobieski
    Simon Meacock
    Simon Meacock
    • Artista
    Jean-Luc Julien
    Jean-Luc Julien
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    • Custode
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    • Director
      • Giuseppe Tornatore
    • Writer
      • Giuseppe Tornatore
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    5savixa

    My advice...

    Unless you meet both of the following criteria: sex: W age: +60

    do not watch it!
    7saqlainali-06437

    Not Giuseppe.

    As compare to his former, exceptionally great, movies like Cinema Paradiso, The Legend of 1900, Malena, Sttano Tutti Bene(Everbodys Fine), Baaria, The Best Offer and The Unknown Women, his Correspondence is somewhat left me in depsair. His direction skills are peerless with impulse of emotions and feeling in most of his movies with touch of comedy. Correspondence is what i will call not a movie of Guissepe.
    5arthur_tafero

    Cell Phone Opera Miss - The Correspondence

    I love Tornatore, but not for films like this one. It is missing the bittersweet humor of his other films, and the musical score by Morricone is not very memorable. That is already a bad combination. This is the 11th film of Tornatore that I am reviewing in succession, and it ranks in 11th place; that should give you a clue.

    If you liked "You've Got Mail" with Tom Hanks, you will not like this film because it has none of the humor of the Hanks film. It is a series of tedius, and eventually, boring exchanges between Ededededededed and the female leading character's name I have already forgotten.

    Her occupation was interesting; she was a stuntwoman, and the only interesting parts of the film are her stunts, but they are not enough to hold up this miss. Don't bother with this one; watch ANY of his first ten films; they are ALL better.
    8b1le

    The communication as the purest form of connection

    What do you need in order to create a movie in the inverted order from the usual story line: the one that starts with the line "From death do us part" and ends with the line "They lived happily ever after"?

    The answer is simple: You need a mastermind like Giuseppe Tornatore. A mind capable of inventing such interesting story, told through inspirational dialogues and intriguing plot.

    The final product entitled "The Correspondence" is equally impressive as an independent piece of art, as well as a juxtaposing part of Tornatore's previous movie "The Best Offer". The beauty of comparing his recent films (written in English) lies in the opportunity to grasp the big picture. Both movies revolve around couples and involve prototypical males (rational yet highly emotional, thus men in touch with their feminine side) and prototypical females (fragile yet strong, thus women in touch with their masculine side). Both have impressive cast for the role of the men (Jeremy Irons / Geoffrey Rush) and expressive cast for the role of the women (Olga Kurylenko /Sylvia Hoeks). "The Best Offer" deals with the mysterious appearance of the female character, while "The Correspondence" seals the deal with the mysterious disappearance of the male character. The first speaks about losing oneself when finding the significant other, while the second movie speaks about finding oneself while losing the significant other.

    Indeed, the theme of loss is ever-present in each frame and pixel of "The Correspondence". Someone might wonder if something so void and devoid of any words, something as ineffable as loss could ever be explained through words? It can and it ought to be, since the communication is the purest form of connection between a man and a woman, a marriage of their ideas, an ideal in itself, an open door to the deepest human connection. As long as we perceive the words spoken outside of our heads (in the books, songs or mouths of other people) as coded messages from the loved one, and as long we use all words existing inside of our heads as messages for our loved one, there will be connection. As such, the words are symbol of focus, of attention, and constant (re)invention of the significant other. Their presence signifies life, their absence – death (even in a symbolic manner) of the other.

    Within this movie, the characters use words to reach to one another, somewhere, anywhere. With this movie the director uses words, to hopefully reach toward each one of us, everywhere. With this review, I use words, maybe also to reach to someone, somewhere, out there…

    Biljana Gjoneska www.evermind.me
    5hushsara

    Exasperated and exasperating distortion of our time's Cyber Idyll

    Years and years ago, Pier Paolo Pasolini would have solved this 116 minutes film with one sentence: "Death does not mean a lack of communication; it is the impossibility of being understood."

    And while this concept (twisted, distorted, disfigured) still remains interesting enough, Tornatore's prolix (plain redundant right there in the middle) writing swings between borderline creepy and full-on cheesy.

    Among the tear-jerking treacle, his pseudo-philosophical, re-adjusted to the contingency, take on astronomy -- dead stars and all -- is accurate and poetic enough, and really the only element (almost) giving the movie an appearance of tightness, thickness and consistency in its back and forth, back and forth rhythm.

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      Olga Kurylenko was four months pregnant while shooting this movie.
    • Connections
      References Braveheart (1995)

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    • Release date
      • January 14, 2016 (Italy)
    • Country of origin
      • Italy
    • Official sites
      • Official site
      • Official site (Japan)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Thư Gởi Tình Nhân
    • Filming locations
      • Orta San Giulio, Lago d'Orta, Piemonte, Italy(BorgoVentoso)
    • Production companies
      • Paco Cinematografica
      • Rai Cinema
      • Ministero dei Beni e delle Attività Culturali e del Turismo (MiBACT)
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    • Budget
      • €10,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $3,832,684
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 2 minutes
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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