In the Land of Women

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Movie
German title In the land of women
Original title In the Land of Women
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2006
length 97 minutes
Rod
Director Jon Kasdan
script Jon Kasdan
production Steve Golin ,
David Kanter
music Stephen Trask
camera Paul Cameron
cut Marty Levenstein ,
Carol Littleton
occupation

In the Land of Women , a is American drama by Jon Kasdan from the year 2006 .

action

Carter Webb is a porn screenwriter and lives in Los Angeles . When his girlfriend Sofia Buñuel, a famous model, breaks up with him, he decides to spend some time with his grandmother. She has already lost her will to live and is only thinking about her imminent death. Carter also wants to use the time to continue a project that has already been dealt with for a long time, but fails.

Webb meets the Hardwicke family across the street. He gets along with Sarah straight away and now goes for many walks with her. While he complains about his suffering over Sofia, she tells him that her husband had an affair that affects the whole family. She has had a bad relationship with her teenage daughter Lucy since an incident a few years ago, but she has a particularly loving bond with her younger daughter Paige.

Sarah is diagnosed with breast cancer, which plunges the family into a deep hole. When she tells Carter tearfully, he kisses her and promises her that everything will be fine. Meanwhile, Lucy has problems with love matters. Her boyfriend preferred her best friend and in her anger over this, Lucy doesn't realize that her heart has long been beating for someone else. She kisses Carter after a party, but he quickly realizes that he was not meant by this kiss. Sarah watches the kiss and forbids Carter to get any closer to her daughter.

Sarah is getting worse and worse, collapses and goes to the hospital. There she reads a letter from Carter, who thanks her for her conversations and friendship. In the meantime he has long since passed Sofia.

Lucy realizes who she really loves and makes her way to Eric. Carter has finished his book, which now has a different subject. When he tries to show his grandmother, he realizes that she has already died. He leaves the house and meets Sarah, who is better again. They say goodbye.

Carter is now back in LA. He's sitting in a coffee shop working on the end of a story about his grandmother. He speaks to the waitress and in the conversation you can tell that he is a completely new person.

Reviews

Desson Thomson wrote in the Washington Post on April 20, 2007 that the film explored the broad area between friendship and love. His emotional structure is more important than the plot. Adam Brody seems " appealing " in his role. The film is a good start to his career for the debuting Jon Kasdan, who revealed that the film Grand Canyon - In the Heart of the City of his father had influenced him.

Kenneth Turan wrote in the Los Angeles Times on April 20, 2007 that director Jonathan Kasdan had made the best film he could make with the resources available (" Kasdan has made the best film he can make now "). The portrayal of Meg Ryan is the best in her career (" the best work actress Ryan has done in forever ").

background

The film was in Los Angeles , in Vancouver and in Victoria ( British Columbia turned). Its production amounted to an estimated 10 million US dollars . It had its world premiere on May 18, 2006 at the Cannes International Film Festival . The widespread release in US theaters began on April 20, 2007. The film grossed approximately $ 11 million in US cinemas through June 24, 2007.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Review by Desson Thomson, accessed July 19, 2007
  2. ^ Review by Kenneth Turan, accessed July 19, 2007
  3. ^ Filming locations for In the Land of Women, accessed July 19, 2007
  4. ^ Box office / business for In the Land of Women, accessed July 19, 2007
  5. ↑ In the Land of Women premiere dates, accessed July 19, 2007
  6. ^ Box office / business for In the Land of Women, accessed July 19, 2007

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