Рецензия на «Страстное желание»: Тест на отцовство
Ричард Гир слишком круто сыграл мужчину, узнающего о сыне, о котором он и не подозревал.
Диана Крюгер и Ричард Гир в фильме “Страстное желание”.
Complaining about credibility always seems cheap, but “Longing” pushes credulity to the limit. This is the second attempt by Israeli screenwriter and director Savi Gabizon to bring this idea to life — he is remaking his 2017 feature film of the same name — but it’s hard to imagine that it ever made sense.
The film begins with Daniel (Richard Gere) meeting Rachel’s ex-partner (Suzanne Clement). He doesn’t have time for her until she makes a stunning impression. When they broke up, she was pregnant, and their son Allen, unknown to Daniel, had just died at the age of 19 in a car accident.
Daniel goes to Hamilton, Ontario, where they lived, and things get even stranger. Daniel arrives at the memorial service at the grave, but there is no one at it except the priest. Rachel’s husband, Robert (Kevin Hanchard), later informs Daniel that Rachel spent two days in the hospital. But didn’t Allen have any other friends or relatives?
Tosca soon turns into a series of meetings, mostly one-on-one, during which people tell Daniel about Allen. Allen’s friend (Wayne Burns) asks Daniel to return the money he and Allen owed the drug dealer. Daniel discovers that Allen had an obsession with a teacher (Diane Kruger), which escalated into exclusion and possible police intervention. The most disturbing thing is that Daniel finds out that Allen did not live with Rachel and Robert for a long time, but in another family and may have been hunting for the family’s underage daughter (Jessica Clement). Inexplicably, Daniel did not immediately ask Rachel and Robert about this news.
Is the city of Hamilton playing a sophisticated prank on a self-absorbed Daniel? No, everything is on the level. Gere relies on the charisma of a movie star, a quality that apparently allows Daniel to keep his cool when any sane person would be furious.