Intense and raw
The fact that one group of personages is not thematically connected to the others somewhat weakens the script and its message.
Actors: Anjela Nedyalkova, Boris Isakovic, Erik Adelöw
Director: Joost van Ginkel
Writer: Joost van Ginkel
Music: Alexander Doychev, Bram Meindersma
Cinematography: Andréas Lennartsson
Editing: Teun Rietveld, Bob Soetekouw, Joost van Ginkel, Wouter van Luijn
Cast: Tannishtha Chatterjee, Satish Kaushik, Christopher Simpson, Naeema Begum
Directed by Sarah Gavron
Written by Abi Morgan, Laura Jones
Based on the novel by Monica Ali
Music: Jocelyn Pook
Cinematography: Robbie Ryan
Editing: Melanie Oliver
“You can’t go on fighting (God), it’s only love after all”
This version focuses on love as a transcendenting force, expressing itself in religious fervor for her and in hate for him. The discourse around religion and belief is however much less sophisticated than in the original version of 1955.
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Stephen Rea, Julianne Moore, Heather Jay Jones, James Bolam
Written and Directed: Neil Jordan
Based On The Novel by Graham Greene
Music: Michael Nyman
Cinematography: Roger Pratt
Editing: Tony Lawson
Score and atmosphere influenced by David Lean’s A Brief Encounter
Actors: Deborah Kerr, Van Johnson, John Mills
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Writers: Graham Greene (from the novel by), Lenore J. Coffee (screenplay) Music: Benjamin Frankel
Cinematography: Wilkie Cooper
Editing: Alan Osbiston
Cast: Rainn Wilson, Benjamin Walker, John Michael Higgins, Rob Corddry, Adam Pally
Director: Oren Uziel
Writer: Oren Uziel
Cinematographer: Jarin Blaschke
Editor: Blake Maniquis
Composer: Joseph Trapanese
A homeless vagrant who possesses nothing is told that love is not for him…
Cast: Juliette Binoche, Denis Lavant, Klaus-Michael Gruber
Written and Directed by Leos Carax
Cinematography: Jean-Yves Escoffier
Editing: Nelly Quettier
Actors: Lola Kirke, Breeda Wool, Dale Soules
Director: Deb Shoval
Writers: Deb Shoval, Karolina Waclawiak
Music: Gingger Shankar
Cinematography: Gal Deren
Editing: Jeffrey Wolf
