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Laura, a Spanish woman living in Buenos Aires, returns to her hometown outside Madrid with her Argentinian husband and children. However, the trip is upset by unexpected events that bring secrets into the open.
Everybody Knows
2018 ‘Todos lo saben’ Directed by Asghar Farhadi
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Herkes Biliyor
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Thrillers and murder mysteries Moving relationship stories marriage, drama, family, emotional or emotion emotional, emotion, family, moving or feelings cops, murder, thriller, detective or crime marriage, emotion, romance, relationships or feelings film noir, femme fatale, 1940s, thriller or intriguing Show All…
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a layered, absorbing kidnapping (melo)drama about secrets, the specter of money, and how such things can curdle into the kind of resentment that’s starving for any chance to make itself real. Bardem rules, and the soapier elements worked for me on the strength of such a textured script. my fave Farhadi since A SEPARATION (though you should know i was iffy on THE SALESMAN and borderline loathed THE PAST).
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Everybody Knows shows Asghar Farhadi's ambitions to further venture out of his comfort zone into the realm of foreign cinema, after the success of The Past, only this time the script unfortunately doesn't match up to his grand visions.
With its all too familiar theme of family and moral dilemma, Everybody Knows feels somehow brand new, thanks to its Hispanic setting and cast, as well as its crime-oriented storyline. It's simply riveting watching Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem showing off their real life couple chemistry on screen, while delivering some of the most seasoned acting chops.
Farhadi was patient in building his small town crime story here, demonstrating the same level of mastery he's shown in About Elly, where the…
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AFI Fest - Film #10
As a thriller, it was taut. However, a steamy love story between Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem, it was not. "Everybody knows" is a phrase used in the beginning and we think we are let on in the secret early in the game. But the phrase "everybody knows" morphs into another animal and keeps everyone continually guessing.
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-A bird craps on Javier Bardem and he cusses it out.
-A teenager plays with a dead bird in the bell tower.
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While not the reported mess that I thought it was going to be before the festival, Everybody Knows is another middling feature from director Asghar Farhadi. It's disappointing because he's capable of so much better (A Separation obviously, but also Fireworks Wednesday). A lot of this is just plain flat-footed; plot twists are shoehorned in, characterizations are uneven, and there's a distinct lack of focus as the story moves from each act to the next.
However, there was a lot that worked for me here. I'm a sucker for Farhadi's writing and the second hour delivers some of his best work. Penelope is fine, Javier is good, but Barbara Lennie - in a supporting role - steals the spotlight, delivering…
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Everybody Knows. 2018. Directed by Asghar Farhadi.
Everybody Knows (2018) takes the Agatha Christie/Hitchcockian formula and makes a great whodunit however, I cannot say it is on the same level with Murder on the Orient Express (1974) nor Knives Out (2019). Farhadi stayed many steps ahead spinning his web of mystery and thrills. He acquired a star studded cast from Spain and Argentina including Oscar winners Penelope Cruz (Laura) and Javier Bardem (Paco). Laura comes to Spain from Argentina for a wedding at her family’s estate. During the wedding, her daughter is abducted, the power is cut, and texts indicating her daughter will be killed unless the kidnappers receive 300,000 euros. In addition, the kidnappers indicated no police involvement or…
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🌟Day 5 of Asghar Farhadi Appreciation Week🌟
Everybody Knows is a taut, sensitive, and evocative drama with thriller, mystery, and suspense elements that are enhanced by an intimate atmosphere. It's a bit of a departure from Farhadi's more typical fare, however, his knack for bringing to life an intricate plot with flawed, authentic characters is on full display.
Nutshell: Laura travels with her two kids from Buenos Aires to her small hometown outside Madrid for her sister's wedding. The joyful reunion is soon ruined by a tragic event that exposes unspoken resentments and buried secrets...
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1️⃣ Incredible ensemble players. I fell fast and hard for this outstanding cast. They all played their part to truly bless the screen… -
SDiFF 2018: Movie #1
“You’re getting too involved.”
Farhadi has such a brilliant understanding of how secrets work. People can withhold the truth, and others can stop themselves from asking too many questions, but someone is going to put two and two together eventually. What it lacks in political critique, it makes up for in rich, rich melodrama. Even within the naturalistic direction, everything feels so extreme. We go from hugs and kisses to loud sobs so quickly that it’s almost jarring, this horrible night shocking the film into becoming something entirely new. The aimless of mystery is sure to frustrate some during the second act, but it felt necessary in depicting how fearful all these characters were to discover…
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Solidifies both Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz as two of my favourite working actors today—best ensemble cast in recent memory, and I truly believe Javier deserved recognition for his performance.
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This might not be much about the movie itself, but just watching this at the Cannes Film Festival tonight was one of the happiest moments of my life. Knowing what I’ve been through and making it to the film festival of my dreams has made these past few days incredibly emotional, in the best possible way. When the lights went down and this film started I really just had this feeling in my chest that was so intense, like I wanted to scream so loudly in that moment just because I appreciate everything that has lead to this. I can’t wait for the next 10 days to just ruin me and collect my entire life.
Oh and this was very…
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* Even before this movie, because of my experience with his masterpieces such as A Separation (2011), The Past (2013), The Salesman (2016) and Fireworks Wednesday (2006) I used to consider Iranian writer and director Asghar Farhadi as the Shakespeare of my time. Why? His sense for brilliantly and exquisitely constructed dramatic stories, without using any extraordinary ideas like science fiction, fantasy or horror and by just using normal human situations is the best I have ever seen. I don't even see any figure anywhere who I can honestly compare to him. He is such a unique genius.
With Everybody Knows he further cemented all my thoughts about him in my mind. He is so consistent in his genius.
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15“It's time that gives character, from personality to wine”
Todos lo saben (Everybody Knows) is an impacting emotionally distressing thriller with a superb central performance from Penélope Cruz, perhaps her best since the collaborative effort with cinematic muse Pedro Almodóvar on Los abrazos rotos. Farhadi’s film is a haunting, atmospheric and daunting tension wrapped story in a brittle and dark intensity.
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well yeah, it’s entertaining, well acted (but all of these masterful actors have been so much better!) and it keeps you guessing 'til the end, but the start and ending - the third act, not the last, powerful scene itself - are a near-disaster and the good/decent rest of the film can’t make for more than a mediocre melodrama that at times feels as the worst cable tv show, the only thing I can praise are Cruz and Lennie's performances: tho they aren’t even great, and the creation of false tension through the clever editing of all its really short scenes; probably the longest one goes on for three minutes
such a disappointing, strange film.
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