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Based on Jim Thompson’s novel of the same name, The
Grifters introduces us to Roy Dillon, a
professional con man, who gets in trouble when his mother, estranged
for eight years, and his girlfriend both start manipulating his life
with their own interests in mind. Trapped between two swindlers of
his own caliber, Roy must face a storm of betrayal unleashed by his
mother’s reappearance.
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Cast:
Anjelica Huston, John Cusack, Annette Bening -
Original Title:
The Grifters -
Country:
United States of America, Canada -
Year:
1990 - 110 min Subtitles PT
Director
Stephen Frears
Stephen Frears (1941, Leicester, UK) is an English film and TV director most known for his approach to social and political issues through complex characters.
Among the many films he directed, one can find Gumshoe (1971), his first feature film, My Beautiful Laundrette (1985), with Daniel-Day Lewis, Prick Up Your Ears (1987), nominated for the Palme d’Or in Cannes, the successful Dangerous Liaisons (1988), subsequently earning Frears several Academy Awards, and Grifters (1990). Frears was commended on his film High Fidelity (2000), based on the novel of the same name by Nick Hornby, and Dirty Pretty Things (2002), about immigrants in London.
The Queen (2006), starring renowned actress Helen Mirren, gathered an Academy Award for Best Actress and the Bafta for Best Actress and Best Movie, and was raved at countless film festivals, reaping the FIPRESCI Prize in Competition at the Venice Film Festival. Frears also directed Philomena (2013), Florence Foster Jenkins (2016) and Victoria & Abdul (2017), three films which were internationally celebrated.
Among the many films he directed, one can find Gumshoe (1971), his first feature film, My Beautiful Laundrette (1985), with Daniel-Day Lewis, Prick Up Your Ears (1987), nominated for the Palme d’Or in Cannes, the successful Dangerous Liaisons (1988), subsequently earning Frears several Academy Awards, and Grifters (1990). Frears was commended on his film High Fidelity (2000), based on the novel of the same name by Nick Hornby, and Dirty Pretty Things (2002), about immigrants in London.
The Queen (2006), starring renowned actress Helen Mirren, gathered an Academy Award for Best Actress and the Bafta for Best Actress and Best Movie, and was raved at countless film festivals, reaping the FIPRESCI Prize in Competition at the Venice Film Festival. Frears also directed Philomena (2013), Florence Foster Jenkins (2016) and Victoria & Abdul (2017), three films which were internationally celebrated.
