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Lantana (2001) | User Rating
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Release Date
• USA: Dec 14, 2001
• UK: 16 Aug 2002
DVD Release Date
• R1: May 21, 2002
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MPAA Rating
Rated R for language and sexuality.
Running Time
2 hours, 1 minute
Country Germany, Australia
Studio Australian Film Finance Corporation, MBP, New South Wales Film & TV Office
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Genre: Thriller, Drama, Murder, Marriage, Detectives, Infidelity, Suspense, Love, Police, Psychodrama
Tagline: love is the greatest mystery
Plot: Ray Lawrence's LANTANA is an intelligent, well-written, well-acted film that is much more than just another cop thriller--it's more like YOU CAN COUNT ON ME with its realistic, complex relationships and believable characters. The film opens with a slow pan over a dead body, eerily reminiscent of BLUE VELVET. Anthony LaPaglia stars as Leon, a Sydney police detective who is cheating on his wife, Sonja (Kerry Armstrong), with a married woman from their dance class (Rachael Blake), even though he still loves his wife. There's something missing from his life, but he's not sure what. His relationship with his son is strained, and even his partner, Claudia (Leah Purcell), knows something is wrong. But as his affair heats up and a murder mystery that seems to involve all of the people in his life begins to consume his attentions, he is forced to reexamine his future both as a family man and a cop.LANTANA won seven Australian Film Institute Awards, including best picture, best director for Lawrence, best actor for LaPaglia, best actress for Armstrong, best supporting awards for both Blake and Colosimo, and best adapted screenplay by Andrew Bovell, who based the script on his play SPEAKING IN TONGUES. As the murder investigation gets more complicated and the tangled web leads to even
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 | Geoffrey Rush
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Finding Nemo, Shakespeare in Love |
 | Barbara Hershey
Falling Down, The Right Stuff, The Last Temptation of Christ |
 | Kerry Armstrong
One Perfect Day, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Oyster Farmer | | | Daniella Farinacci
Little Fish, Look Both Ways, Like Mother, Like Son: The Strange Story of Sante and Kenny Kime | |
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