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Dominican Rep. Separate Lies
- Original title
- Separate Lies
- Year
- 2005
- Running time
- 85 min.
- Country
United States- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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Tom Wilkinson
Emily Watson
Rupert Everett
Linda Bassett
John Neville
Hermione Norris
Terence Stamp- See all credits
- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama. Mystery | Jealousy
- Synopsis
- Anne (Emily Watson) is a woman who enjoys a seemingly perfect marriage to James (Tom Wilkinson), until the arrival of Bill (Rupert Everett) and a tragic accident in their idyllic country village looks set to unravel their Lies forever. On the surface, Anne and James enjoy a perfect marriage. They slip easily between their two homes - one in London, convenient for James's city job, the other in idyllic rural countryside. James believes their life is happy and fulfilled, but is blinkered to Anne's happiness and when Anne meets the enigmatic and carefree Bill Bule her world shatters and she realizes she can never be truly happy with James again.
Anne's affair with Bill comes to light when James discovers the pair were involved in a tragic accident, which killed a local man. Faced with the shocking reality of Anne's revelations, a bereft James responds with a loving resolve to protect Anne. But as he becomes embroiled in the accident investigation, life's unpredictability once more alters the course of their Lies. Separate Lies, is written and directed by Academy Award winning screenwriter, Julian Fellowes and marks his directorial debut.- Awards
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2005: National Board of Review: Best Directorial Debut
- Critics' reviews
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"Wilkinson once again astonishes with his ability to convey weakness and strength, hypocrisy and gallantry, cruelty and compassion in the same male animal."
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"A soufflé that begins promisingly but never quite rises."
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"This material could easily have devolved into soap opera or romantic melodrama, but Wilkinson and Watson's superb, subtle performances lend it tremendous depth and gravity."
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"At 85 minutes the movie is beautifully focused, reaching deep into its characters as they confront terrible secrets but never sacrificing momentum as the mystery unravels."
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"The observable intelligence and talent of all those involved doesn't make Separate Lies any more compelling, or its characters more resonant."
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"Watson and Everett, both superb, bring ferocity and feeling to their roles. But the one you won't forget is Wilkinson"
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"Fellowes is so desperate for us to like these people that, despite how guilty everyone seems, there's scarcely any pleasure in the film for us."
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