Archive of films Match Point / Match Point
United Kingdom / Ireland / Luxembourg
2005, 124 min
Section:
Seven Close Encounters
Year: 2018
Marek Eben presents
It was not Allen’s sole attempt at serious matter, yet this dark and disturbing drama about a young man’s rise to the higher circles of London society is the first film he shot abroad. It shines for its well-paced plot and its precisely delineated characters, but the work is especially engaging for pondering the extent to which we are subject to a fateful temptation and how far we are willing to muzzle our consciences to gain an advantage.
Synopsis
Marek Eben presents
“This is a thriller but, unlike other films of the genre, it’s comprehensible. I often get the feeling that filmmakers today are content if their film is weird; it doesn’t need a plotline, it doesn’t need a denouement, just so long as it’s weird enough. This film isn’t weird; it’s just good.”
Match Point was not Allen’s sole attempt at serious matter, yet this dark and disturbing drama about a young man’s rise to the higher circles of London society is the first film he shot abroad. It shines for its well-paced plot and its precisely delineated characters, but the work is especially engaging for pondering the extent to which we are subject to a fateful temptation and how far we are willing to muzzle our consciences to gain an advantage.
Zdena Škapová
About the director
Woody Allen (b. 1935, New York City). Selected filmography. Play It Again, Sam (1972), Love and Death (1975), Annie Hall (1977), Interiors (1978), Manhattan (1979), Stardust Memories (1980), A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy (1982), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), September (1987), Radio Days (1987), Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989), Shadows and Fog (1991), Husbands and Wives (1992), Celebrity (1998), Cassandra’s Dream (2007), Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008), Midnight in Paris (2011), Blue Jasmine (2013), Magic in the Moonlight (2014), Café Society (2016)
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About the film
Color, 35 mm
Section: | Seven Close Encounters |
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Director: | Woody Allen |
Screenplay: | Woody Allen |
Dir. of Photography: | Remi Adefarasin |
Editor: | Alisa Lepselter |
Art Director: | Diane Dancklefsen, Jan Spoczynski |
Producer: | Letty Aronson, Lucy Darwin, Gareth Wiley |
Production: | BBC Films, Thema Production SA, A Jada Production |
Cast: | Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Emily Mortimer, Scarlett Johansson, Penelope Wilton |
Sales: | WestEnd Films |
Contact: | BFI |
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