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True Confessions. 1981 · 1 hr 49 min. R. Crime · Drama · Mystery. Two brothers, one a Catholic monsignor and the other a homicide detective, are caught in the middle of a brutal murder mystery in 1940s Los Angeles. Audio Languages: English. Subtitles: ...
True Confessions. 1981. 1h 48m. 6,6 1 511 ocen 6,2 4 oceny krytyków. Detektyw Spellacy, brat lokalnego biskupa, pracuje nad sprawą brutalnego morderstwa młodej kobiety. Śledztwo wykazuje powiązania dostojników kościelnych z ofiarą. Zobacz pełny o ...
True Confessions is based on the 1977 novel by John Gregory Dunne. He and his wife, Joan Didion, have written a masterful screenplay that is at once witty, metaphysically rich in nuances, and studded with brilliant characters. Sleuthing and the sacraments, Cain and Abel, crime and confession have more in common than is often admitted. This movie spells out the connections in a compelling way.
I have never understood the critical ambivalence that surrounds True Confessions. I think it is a really underrated film, from 1981, with two actors at the very height of their talents. It is perhaps so underplayed, so anti-climatic in nature, that it lacks the aggressive highs of the crime genre. But the film unfurls rather brilliantly, taking in the defining LA crime, the Black Dahlia case ...
True Confessions: Directed by Ulu Grosbard. With Robert De Niro, Robert Duvall, Charles Durning, Kenneth McMillan. A worldly ambitious monsignor clashes with his older brother, a cynical Los Angeles homicide detective who is investigating the brutal murder of a young prostitute.
17. Apr. 2007 · True Confessions comes close to capturing the same issues, even though it is based on Dunne's novel. Great acting from De Niro, Duvall, Durning and others keeps the movie taut till the end. Dan Hedeya, although not given headline billing, excells adding a salacious edge and he is given some great on-liners that linger long after the film is ...
L'assoluzione (True Confessions) è un film del 1981 diretto da Ulu Grosbard e interpretato da Robert De Niro e Robert Duvall.. È tratto dall'omonimo romanzo di John Gregory Dunne (pubblicato in Italia col titolo Verità confessate) a sua volta ispirato all'omicidio irrisolto di Elizabeth Ann Short, nota negli anni quaranta come "La Dalia Nera".
