Archive of films We Don't Live Here Anymore / We Don't Live Here Anymore

USA / Canada
2003, 101 min

Section: Sundance at Karlovy Vary
Year: 2006

A Bergmanesque study of two married couples on an irreversible path to a point of crisis. This intimate drama captivates with its combination of brilliant screenplay (awarded at the 2004 Sundance Festival) and outstanding acting performances (Mark Ruffalo, Naomi Watts, Laura Dern, Peter Krause).

Synopsis

An intimate drama based on two stories by Andre Dubus (author of the story behind the film In the Bedroom) which describes two married couples on an irreversible path to a crisis point. Best friends Jack (Mark Ruffalo) and Hank (Peter Krause) teach at a small university somewhere in the American Northwest. Their wives Terry (Laura Dern) and Edith (Naomi Watts) take care of the children and the household. As Jack becomes more and more absorbed in his love affair with Edith, the cool and seemingly unsuspecting Hank is interested only in his budding career as a writer. This Bergmanesque study of the selfish desires and inner needs of four thirty-somethings captivates with its combination of brilliant screenplay and outstanding acting performances. Mark Ruffalo in particular (In the Cut, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) is impeccable in his portrayal of the somewhat self-adoring, bashful, and boyish charmer, who is as intensively capable of suffering as he is of tormenting.

About the director

John Curran (New York), after studying at university in Syracuse, worked as an illustrator and designer in New York. In 1986 he moved to Sydney, where he worked for the renowned advertising agency Ogilvy and Mather. In 1990 he founded the Pod Film company and began directing commercials, music videos, and short films (award-winning Down Rusty Down among them). Curran’s feature film debut, Praise (1998), won the FIPRESCI award at the Toronto festival and was listed by the New York Times as one of the ten best movies of the year. This September sees the premiere of his latest film The Painted Veil, an adaptation of the novel of the same name by W. Somerset Maugham, starring Naomi Watts and Edward Norton.

Contacts

Bontonfilm, a.s.
Na Poříčí 1047/26, 110 00, Praha 1
Czech Republic
Tel: +420 257 415 111
Fax: +420 257 415 113
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.bontonfilm.cz

ABLO, Inc.
2048 Kerwood Ave., CA 90025, Los Angeles
United States of America
Tel: +1 310 556 3553
Fax: +1 310 556 3443
E-mail: [email protected]

About the film

Color, 35 mm

Section:	Sundance at Karlovy Vary

Director:	John Curran
Screenplay:	Larry Gross, na motivy povídek / based on short stories by Andre Dubus
Dir. of Photography:	Maryse Alberti
Music:	Michael Convertino
Editor:	Alexandre de Franceschi
Producer:	Jonas Goodman, Harvey Kahn, Naomi Watts
Production:	Front Street Productions
Cast:	Mark Ruffalo, Laura Dern, Naomi Watts, Peter Krause
Contact:	Bontonfilm, a.s., ABLO, Inc.
Distributor:	Bontonfilm, a.s.

Guests

Aleš Danielis

Distributor

Marek Jeníček

Distributor, Producer