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The film centers on a successful architect who seems to be cruel for his wife, employees and mistresses. How will they treat him when his life approaches its final act.
11 May 1934, Paris, France
12 November 1943, New York City, New York, USA
3 March 1945, Tucson, Arizona, USA
22 August 1973, Medford, New Jersey, USA
15 June 1955, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
November 09, 2014
...pretentious tedium, with the involvement of all-star talent ... only underlining how much this film represents an opportunity squandered.September 04, 2014
Surprisingly engaging ...August 14, 2014
A film that plays not as a theatrical antique, but as a crackling, profound entry in The Twilight Zone.September 18, 2014
For a movie that lasts longer than two hours and is made up solely of talking, it's impressive that the story never seems to drag.August 08, 2014
Shawn veers away from his usual nebbishy persona here and skillfully suggests a master manipulator and shrewdly controlling womanizer driven by insecurities and guilt.September 15, 2014
Filmed theater? Absolutely, but also, to my complete surprise, something else again.September 18, 2014
Shawn's passion for the material shows through even when the film is at its most tautological. This is a movie crafted with care from top to bottom.September 12, 2014
Though the film makes little effort to open up the play, letting it all unfold, as in the original, within Solness's house - if not his mind - Demme's version intensifies the drama into something oneiric.July 14, 2015
even if it doesn't always work perfectly, it is never anything less than engrossing and perplexing, usually in equal measure