"Bille August's hauntingly romantic adaptation of Isabel Allende's novel follows three generations of a South American family, starting in 1926. Esteban (Jeremy Irons) vows to marry Rosa, the daughter of a rich man. But when Rosa dies before Esteban saves enough money to do so, he instead marries her younger sister (Merle Streep). Years later, when their daughter (Winona Ryder) falls for a revolutionary (Antonio Banderas), the family is thrown into turmoil."
This was a very long, but emotional film. It's kind of like Legends of The Fall. It has the wonderful cast, the drama and catches your heart, and continues to break it throughout the film. It's the same with this one. Watch it for the sake of being able to tell others that you've seen it, because it will probably be the first and the last time you see it...
having read the book i couldnt judge it as a movie....it lacked in so many ways compared to the book....and although the actors where well chosen i mean i admire every one of them i believe they didnt reflect the reality of the novel and at some points the movies became a bit dull....whereas the book is so alive...!
The acting in this movie is intense, hard, and cinematic to me, story line is great and Irons is rigid and hateable in this movie, but I enjoyed watching this movie,
based from Isabelle Allende's book, the film itself was well portrayed, with superbly chosen award-winning actors. This is one film you would want to watch all over again.
Bille August Scandinavian mentality extremely ill suited to the latin mentality of this novel. Film has no nerve and most of the actors seem really out of place.
this movie reallly catches the difficulties and moralities in a dark episode of a country in the southest and westest of southamerica during the seventies...
Has a nice, South American swing to it (there's a lot of our drama, and magic), but the direction failed to impress me, nor the actors for that matter - even though the movie has an AMAZING cast.
Has a nice, South American swing to it (there's a lot of our drama, and magic), but the direction failed to impress me, nor the actors for that matter - even though the movie has an AMAZING cast.
The movie is an adaptation of the book with the same title by Isabel Allende, one of the best South American authors (she was called Gabriel Garcia Marquez's heir). The movie features Jeremy Irons and Glenn Close (in their good days) Meryl Streep (who hasn't had bad days, moviewise, at least), Wynona Ryder and Antonio Banderas, and presents the story of a family, as it stretches over four generations, with the good, the bad, the funny, and at times, the surreal. It is, in my oppinion, a good movie, made after a fabulous book. If you want to see a good movie, with good acting and an enjoyable, yet very "serious" story, watch the movie. If you want to catch the in-depths of the story, and understand why certain things happen the way they do, read the book first.
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