28-year-old Kansas University doctoral student Omar Razaghi wins a grant to write a biography of Latin American writer Jules Gund. Omar must get through to three people who were close to Gund – his brother, widow, and younger mistress – so he can get authorization to write the biography.
Acting
Hopkins and Linney weaponize passive-aggression into high art.
Cinematography
Uruguay estate shot like a character holding its breath.
Writing
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's final screenplay—elegiac, cruel, perfect.
Director
James Ivory
Omar Metwally
Omar Razaghi
Anthony Hopkins
Adam Gund
Laura Linney
Caroline Gund
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Arden Langdon
Alexandra Maria Lara
Deirdre Rothemund
Hiroyuki Sanada
Pete
Norma Aleandro
Mrs. Van Euwen
Sofía Viruboff
Adam's Mother
Norma Argentina
Alma
Diego Velazquez
Helpful Little Boy at the Bus Depot
Julieta Vallina
Schoolbus Lady
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