something to hide ( in the u.s. also reissued as shattered ) , is a 1972 british thriller film , written and directed by alastair reid , based on a 1963 novel by nicholas monsarrat .

the film stars peter finch , shelley winters , colin blakely , linda hayden and graham crowden .

finch plays a man harassed by his shrewish wife ( winters ) who , after picking up a pregnant teenage hitchhiker ( hayden ) is driven to murder and madness .

the film was not released commercially in the united states until 1976 .

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deborah moggach is the author from the best exotic marigold hotel which has been turned into a top grossing film staring judi dench . the book something to hide is a warm , witty and wise novel about the unexpected twists that later life can bring . it turns out that no matter where you are in the world , everybody has something to hide .
everybody has something to hide , but while some secrets are mildly embarrassing , others are shocking and possibly perilous . deborah moggach uses this facet of the human condition as the premise for her novel about four women striving to keep secrets safely hidden .
everybody has something to hide by deborah moggach what ' s in a name ? deborah moggach ' s ' everybody has something to hide ' makes an intriguing read , and the tension mounts throughout the book as the coming to light of what is hidden gradually plays out in the lives of the characters . this is the first deborah moggach i have read and it definitely encouraged me to read more of her novels . her letter to the reader on the first page gave enlightening stories of some of her life experiences that fed int
i ' m not a particulary fast reader but i sped through deborah moggach ' s latest novel something to hide * in two days , which is pretty spectacular for me . i wasn ' t even trying to finish it which i think probably shows the ease in which moggach ' s writing manages to capture my attention . obviously as the name of the book suggests the characters are all involved in a series of secrets which all connect to each other in various ways . some more closely than others . there ' s petra the sixty something year
some great characters from diverse backgrounds , all of them with something to hide . each individual personality takes us to a different part of the world , from london , to texas , japan to africa , each with its own unique feel . from surrogacy to the vile trade of elephant poaching , murder to betrayal , they ' re all thrown into the mix , but the author manages to link all these lives together really well . deborah moggach weaves her magic here with some wonderful portrayals , bringing her subjects very
an engaging contemporary novel with clever plot linkage and sympathetic , believable characters . . it demonstrates with humour and pathos the contrasting lives of 4 representative fictional characters living and communicating with ' something to hide ' across three continents , and lightly yet informatively it touches on a number of serious issues . an excellent novel for a book group to read and discuss .
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some great characters from diverse backgrounds , all of them with something to hide . each individual personality takes us to a different part of the world , from london , to texas , japan to africa , each with its own unique feel . from surrogacy to the vile trade of elephant poaching , murder to betrayal , they ' re all thrown into the mix , but the author manages to link all these lives together really well . deborah moggach weaves her magic here with some wonderful portrayals , bringing her subjects very much to life . * i received my copy from a first reads giveaway so thank you to goodreads *
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the plot was contrived and most of the characters unbelievable but nonetheless this book is a real page - turner . bev was realistic up to a point ( one only need check facebook to see how routine it is to embellish the story of one ' s life ! ) but i found petra ' s endless search for a loving relationship improbable . most sixty something ' s of my acquaintance are too exhausted or too disillusioned ! and she ' s doing something high - powered with books , although that seems to fall by the wayside very quickly !
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2 stars i was excited to read something to hide . on the surface , it sounds intriguing . four women are keeping secrets from their husbands . what happens when these secrets come out ? however , i was disappointed . i am not going to bother with a plot summary , as the book is uneven and focuses significantly more on one character’s story , petra , than the other three . by the end , it seems as if the other women’s stories are all but forgotten . the author could have completely eliminated the other three w
from urltoken : in something to hide by deborah moggach , each of the six main characters , spread across the world , has a secret . their lives are intricately and cleverly linked by moggach’s plotting . moggach writes in the perspective of four of the six main characters : petra in london . poor petra had been through a difficult divorce . so when she finds love , in an unexpected person , the reader empathises with her , even knowing that he’s married to someone else . petra’s character is interest
“kooky and diverse , each woman’s secret unfolds in scintillating bits that lead to a scandalous finish . ” ( kirkus reviews ) “clever plot machinations keep the pages turning and the reader guessing right up until the very end . ” ( booklist ) “readers familiar with the author will wonder when this book will hit the big screen . the sweeping landscapes of west africa , the secrets of women whose experiences are bound together , and the suspense of their stories are consuming . ” ( library journal ) “pulling the reader along on a fast - paced transcontinental journey , something to hide is engaging , poignant and prompts snorts of laughter . ” ( daily telegraph ( london ) , * * * * ) “a poignant story of the secrets and deceptions that lie at the heart of every relationship . ” ( tatler ( uk ) ) “classic moggach : readable , memorable… . something to hide takes us on an unashamedly colorful journey across continents , with clothes , food , landscape brought joyously to life . ” ( the times ( london ) )
marvelous book ! ( which i won through a gr giveaway . ) ( and really , i need to stop giving 4 and 5 stars to so many books . problem is , i dnf those i don ' t like , which would prob . get ratings of 1 or 2 . ) now to this book . . . the story of four women and how they interconnect , with one of the four sort of the mc . each woman has a story , or something to hide , but 60ish petra is the story ' s central focus . she ' s alone and lonely and finds herself in an affair with the husband of her best friend . this is no
bev has one of the world’s happiest marriages , you see , and likes to share this with the large circle of friends and acquaintances to whom she sends her excruciatingly smug blogs . as if we’re interested . she’s out in west africa with her adorable husband jeremy , who works for some big pharmaceutical company . he’s a litigation lawyer and i suspect he does something murky , like fighting cases brought by poor people who’ve been used as guinea pigs for new drugs . in fact i seem to remember something about some slimming pill , a couple of years ago . there’s a touch of the con man about jeremy , though i do have to admit he’s fun .
jim has quit the force to live and work with danielle at the vineyard . they attend a fashion show in aix staged by her cousin alain , after which one of alain ' s best customers , etienne , is shot dead and alain is framed . his girlfriend denise , who saw what happened , disappears . her brother gerard was once alain ' s manager but was sacked for corruption and alain ' s original backer , leon , infatuated by denise , wants all his money back . most of alain ' s associates seem to have something to hide . whilst alain was clearly not the murderer was etienne the intended victim ? jim finds out .
deborah moggach can be very witty and sly , both characteristics one notices in her writing of something to hide . this is about petra , an englishwoman in her 60 ' s who falls in love with her best friend ' s husband . it ' s also about lorelei , a mid - western american mother who gets involved in a scam while her husband is away on a tour of duty and how she proposes to recoup her money . both women ' s stories intertwine in africa - - the part of the novel that just doesn ' t ring true and the part i didn ' t like
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i can’t rattle around this house forever . i know i should sell up and move somewhere smaller but the idea fills me with panic . where would i go ? maybe i should get a dog and move to the country . something’s got to happen . i’m pondering this when suddenly , startlingly , the silence is broken . it’s the phone ringing .
the plot was contrived and most of the characters unbelievable but nonetheless this book is a real page - turner . bev was realistic up to a point ( one only need check facebook to see how routine it is to embellish the story of one ' s life ! ) but i found petra ' s endless search for a loving relationship improbable . most sixty something ' s of my acquaintance are too exhausted or too disillusioned ! and she ' s doing something high - powered with books , although that seems to fall by the wayside very quickly ! the book is very visual , the sunsets , sights and smells of africa vividly drawn and i was amazed to discover that the author had only ever spent a week there . as for lorrie , i do hope she put her children on a diet !
deborah moggach can be very witty and sly , both characteristics one notices in her writing of something to hide . this is about petra , an englishwoman in her 60 ' s who falls in love with her best friend ' s husband . it ' s also about lorelei , a mid - western american mother who gets involved in a scam while her husband is away on a tour of duty and how she proposes to recoup her money . both women ' s stories intertwine in africa - - the part of the novel that just doesn ' t ring true and the part i didn ' t like at all . deborah moggach writes better stuff than this .
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2 stars i was excited to read something to hide . on the surface , it sounds intriguing . four women are keeping secrets from their husbands . what happens when these secrets come out ? however , i was disappointed . i am not going to bother with a plot summary , as the book is uneven and focuses significantly more on one character’s story , petra , than the other three . by the end , it seems as if the other women’s stories are all but forgotten . the author could have completely eliminated the other three women’s stories , and the focus could have been solely petra . i also had some issues with lorrie’s portrayal ; her characterization was that of an obese , ignorant american ( who at times used british expressions ) . i gave the book 2 stars instead of 1 because i found petra’s story to be compelling enough to finish the book . i would not recommend .
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we’ve met in the lobby of his hotel , which is just off the bayswater road . i’m going to take him to uniqlo , a shop he’s never heard of , to help him buy clothes .
i’m thinking of bev as i unlock the door of the basement flat . it’s our last evening together ; tomorrow jeremy flies back to africa . he wants to have a look at the place , for old times’ sake , and is curious to see what i’ve done to it .
this wasn ' t my favourite book of hers but i could appreciate the idea of the different characters ' stories and how they interwove eventually . set in three continents , the novel deals with secrets and how challenging they can make your lives . i liked the fact that the main character , petra was sixty something !
nobody in the world knows our secret . . . that i ' ve ruined bev ' s life , and she ' s ruined mine .
petra ' s romantic life has always been a car - crash , and even in her sixties she ' s still capable of getting it disastrously wrong . but then she falls in love with jeremy , an old chum , visiting from abroad . the fatal catch ? jeremy is her best friend ' s husband . but just as petra is beginning to relax into her happy ever after , she finds herself catapulted to west africa , and to bev , her best friend who she’s been betraying so spectacularly . meanwhile , on opposite sides of the world , two other women are also struggling with the weight of betrayal : texan lorrie is about to embark on the biggest deception of her life , and in china li - jing is trying to understand exactly what it is her husband does on his west african business trips… it turns out that no matter wherever you are in the world , everyone has something to hide . can bev – can anyone – be trusted ?
‘ nobody in the world knows our secret . . . that i’ve ruined bev ' s life , and she ' s ruined mine . ’ petra’s romantic life has always been a car - crash , and even in her sixties she’s still capable of getting it disastrously wrong . but then she falls in love with jeremy , an old chum , visiting from abroad . the fatal catch ? jeremy is her best friend’s husband . but just as petra is beginning to relax into her happy ever after , she finds herself catapulted to west africa , and to bev , her best friend who she’s been betraying so spectacularly . meanwhile , on opposite sides of the world , two other women are also struggling with the weight of betrayal : texan lorrie is about embark on the biggest deception of her life , and in china li - jing is trying to understand exactly what it is her husband does on his west african business trips . . . it turns out that no matter where you are in the world , everyone has something to hide . can bev – can anyone – be trusted ?
i have nothing to add . what did we talk about , all this week ? our running jokes have puttered to a halt , their batteries expired .
he looks at me . the light is fading and i can’t see his face . “i mean , i don’t want to go back to africa . ”
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jeremy turns around and stands helplessly , with no armchair to sit in . he clears his throat . “i don’t want to go back , ” he says .
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i tell him about my latest disaster and we agree that men called barry are not to be trusted .
deborah moggach has such an ability to be able to weave separate storylines in and out of each other and still maintain a coherent story . i was a little confused in the beginning at the prologue wondering why it was there when it seemed to have nothing to do with the storylines when lo and behold , a couple of characters popped up way in the last part of the book as minor characters . she is so good at that . this time the main locations the story takes us to are london , england ; beijing , china ; whi
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it’s been five years since i’ve seen jeremy . he’s put on weight but he’s still an attractive man , weathered by laughter and sunshine and fizzing with energy . big nose , big mouth , big appetites ; i remember how he used to knock back the booze and he’s already sniffing dinner with relish . his hair is now almost white , masses of it , but it suits him . so , ridiculously , does his shirt . it’s printed with flamingoes , the sort of thing you’d wear on the beach . he looks like a dodgy arms dealer but there’s always been something dodgy about jeremy . he’s one of those restless , flamboyant men who gets easily bored and who likes to entertain himself by shocking people . why are lesbians always so fat and ugly ? some people would find him offensive but i don’t care . he makes me laugh and i’ve had precious little of that recently . how can he bear to be married to someone as boring as bev ?
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a huge fan of the author , read so much of his work , i found this too miserable to read .
a really enjoyable read , couldn ' t put it down . i know i will want to read it again .
petra is a single sixtysomething living in pimlico , london . her children and grandchildren live in far flung corners of the world and she has taken up online dating to assuage her loneliness . things look up when her old friend jeremy reappears in her life and they begin a passionate affair , meeting every time he is in london on business . it is everything petra has dreamed of with only one small wrinkle to spoil her happiness . jeremy is her best friend bev’s husband . things get even more difficult when bev calls from her african home and begs petra to come and help her . so begins a complex dance as petra attempts to be the best friend bev so obviously needs while constantly fearing that her affair with jeremy will be exposed . thrown together , old jealousies and spats arise and petra discovers that bev has her own secrets to hide . petra’s african experiences are vivid and eye - opening . away from the slick cities full of arab and chinese businessmen , petra finds that africa is still poor and corruption is rife at every level of society . moggach sends petra on the voyage of a lifetime , where she makes astonishing discoveries about bev , jeremy , and herself .
over in texas , lorrie dreams of moving her family to a better neighbourhood but with her husband in the military and two growing children , money is tight . when she accidentally destroys their chance to escape their run down home she embarks on an extraordinary project to put things right . at the same time , in china , li jing wonders why her stern businessman husband spends so much time in africa and how she will get over the shame of her infertility . things go from bad to worse when tests reveal that her husband is equally to blame for their lack of a child and li jing wonders if he will recover from the loss of face . he is impassive and tells her he has plans to sort everything out .
started a bit slow and disjointed but the author soon showed her purpose . i was sorry for the book to end .
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deborah moggach has such an ability to be able to weave separate storylines in and out of each other and still maintain a coherent story . i was a little confused in the beginning at the prologue wondering why it was there when it seemed to have nothing to do with the storylines when lo and behold , a couple of characters popped up way in the last part of the book as minor characters . she is so good at that . this time the main locations the story takes us to are london , england ; beijing , china ; white springs , texas ; and assenonga , west africa . now if that is not enough to already pique your interest , i do not know what can . moggach , the magic story weaver , takes us on a journey to have all of the paths of these characters from these locations cross several times , sometimes unknowingly , and sometimes quite vividly . love , money and ageing do strange things to people and those they love and nowhere is that more apparent than this delightful novel .
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and to make things worse , just when i’m feeling at my lowest , my old friend bev sends one of her round - robins .
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during the past few months i’ve been meeting men on the internet , something i’ve been doing off and on for years . after several dismal failures i met somebody i rather liked . his name was barry and i warmed to him when he asked me about my life – virtually unheard - of , in these situations . plus he hated golf . and he had a full head of hair . these might seem minor attributes but from them – doggedly , stupidly , like a naive , ageing teenager – i started spinning the man of my dreams . i even imagined our future together , isn’t that pathetic ? he lived in billingshurst – direct trains to victoria – and i live in pimlico , a few streets from the station . we could live partly in london and partly in what i imagined was his picturesque dwelling deep in the sussex countryside where we could spend our days gardening and then , with a sigh , sink into our armchairs with a glass of whisky . then , one day , he stopped replying to my emails , and within a week his profile was back on the website .
i was looking forward to read this , but very disappointed . thought there would be far more interesting connections between the women . still a page turner
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“paths not taken , all that . how weird it would be to start again , at the beginning , and have a whole new life . ”
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meanwhile , on opposite sides of the world , two other women are also struggling with the weight of betrayal : lorrie , a texan , is about to embark on the biggest deception of her life , and in china , li jing is trying to understand exactly what it is her husband does on his business trips .
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“stop being so touchy . ” he settles himself comfortably . “now , tell me about the others . i want to hear stories from the wilder shores of love . ”
this book drew my attention in part because of moggach ' s previous novel , the exotic marigold hotel . i was anticipating the same sense of humour . while there was some of that lightheartedness , it possessed more intrigue and pathos . i feel that some of the characters could have been developed and focused upon more regularly . the portrayals of lorrie and li - jing are not as satisfying - they left me wanting to know more about their circumstances and predicaments . i guess i felt a bit short - changed when it came to their situations . i felt as though they were left on the periphery by moggach forced to fend for themselves so to speak . the jury is out on this one for me .
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“classic moggach : readable , memorable . . . an unashamedly colorful journey across continents , with clothes , food , landscapes brought joyously to life . ” — the times ( london )
he clinks my glass . “christ it’s good to be back , blossoms and greenery and yallery . i can’t tell you how much i miss the spring . ” he gives me a broad smile . “and it’s more than good to see you , darling petra . you and your house , the mother ship . never sell this place , will you ? promise ? ”
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skilfully , moggach draws these disparate strands together , showing that even the most unlikely people can be connected in unexpected ways . in spite of their differences in age , lifestyle and geography , these women share a common characteristic ; they are willing to betray their nearest and dearest in order to keep their secrets from being discovered . the women are all fully rounded characters who are easy to care for , particularly petra whose warmth and humour , with some dark flourishes , is appealing . this is an absorbing read , with surprises and moments of tension that make it a genuine page - turner .
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deborah moggach’s latest novel takes the form of intertwined separate narratives , one of which is told in the first person by petra , a divorcee in her late fifties or early sixties , while the others are third person accounts of events affecting lorrie , the self - consciously overweight american wife of a soldier currently serving in iraq , and li - jing , the wife of a successful businessman from beijing who is struggling to come to terms with her inability to conceive . as the novel opens it is difficult to imagine how these separate storylines , unwinding on different continents , might coalesce . moggach does , however , unravel the disparate plotlines very deftly , and their nexus proves to be on a fourth continent , in a fictional state in west africa . the story touches on a wide range of emotions – bitterness , resentfulness , jealousy , love and fear of loneliness – though is never bogged down in undue sentiment . none of the characters are particularly likeable though she sparks our interest in all of their plights . i am not wholly convinced of the plausibility of the story line , but i was able to suspend my disbelief while reading the book . this was not the best of her books that i have read , but was still very enjoyable despite that .
i have to admit that i’m becoming fond of jeremy . our week of goofing off has gathered its own momentum – it’s become a long conversation , broken each night when we go our separate ways and picked up again the next day . it’s time stolen out of our normal lives , a lost weekend without the alcoholism , though with plenty of wine and lotsa laughs . we see nobody else , none of my friends ; we just noodle around london in the sunshine . emails have filled up my in - box but i can’t be bothered to answer them . i’ve cancelled the couple of things i had to do , what the hell .
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i really enjoyed this book and read it very quickly , as i was so keen to find out what happened . i did however guess the storyline at each and every turn , which was slightly disappointing , but the characters were well written , not particularly likeable but very believable ; i could relate to them and the story did move at a cracking pace . this could have been a 4 or possibly even a 5 star rated book for me except for the fact that the interwoven story of the american lorrie was far too hastily ( and sloppily ? ) wrapped up . i thought that the author got so carried away with petra and bev that she seemed to have almost forgotten lorrie and then half heartedly added some crumbs to try and tie it up at the end . unfortunately lorrie ' s ending was just too unbelievable . passports ? registration of birth and father / husband ? stitches and only one week until hubby returns ! maybe there will be another book coming about lorrie ? there certainly should and could be , as her situation was just as interesting and her story far too good to simply be a gap filler .
so he pours out more champagne and i entertain him with my romantic disasters . from the safety of the marital bed , couples like to hear about the hurly - burly of the chaise longue . not that there’s been much hurly - burly but i beef it up to get that booming laugh . i tell him about the internet man who took out his false teeth before he ate ; about the sensitive , tactile pensioner who asked if i liked to play – presumably some sort of sport , until he told me . i tell jeremy about the cadbury’s area manager who showed me photos of his dead wife and the man who talked me through the wiring on his vauxhall astra .
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out in the street , somebody rattles a stick against the railings . there’s a rumble of thunder . i look at jeremy as he stands at the window , blocking the light . he seems to be inspecting the putty around the sashes .
let’s just say that i was like a drone missile in my ability to seek out mr wrong . and them with me . but with my advancing years even these have petered out . men want young women . that’s the brutal truth . they want to cheat death , don’t we all ? they want a reflection of their younger selves , not a wrinkled face that mirrors back their own mortality . that rush of renewal must be intoxicating , the b - - - - - - s .
picked this up in the hotel on holiday , swapped for a book i ' d already read , great holiday read . not the best story but you don ' t have to think too much , passed a bit of time on . . .
i chose this book because ' tulip fever ' by the same author was so excellent . this book , however , was disappointing . the writing itself is good - characters , descriptions - but the story rambled . basically , it winds around the lives of two women , one in england and one in america , or that ' s what it ' s meant to do . in fact , it ' s mainly about petra , the woman in england , and the other story seems to have been added as a filler . yes , it does sort of come together at the end , but feels contrived rather than satisfying . i guessed what had happened in africa - not too difficult to figure it out . it did feel padded out and about three - quarters of the way through , found myself skimming through it . the story about the woman in america could have been a separate book but would have needed more of a sub - plot to add interest and bulk . good writing , insufficient plot .
i have enjoyed many of deborah moggach ' s books in the past and this was no exception . this begins with two apparently unrelated storylines : petra , divorced and lonely meets up with the husband of an old best friend and lorrie , who gets in a financial sticky situation . from the very beginning it was very readable . at first the two plot lines were quite equitable but as the time went on petra ' s became more dominant and i did wonder quite how lorrie ' s would fit in . however by the end it was clearer . i do wonder though why the second storyline was not used to make a totally separate novel ? but , all in all , a very enjoyable book and up to the usual standard . thanks to net galley for the advance copy .
i enjoy deborah’s writing style , so had little doubt that this would be a good read . somehow she manages to tie up the most far flung destinations and mix up the most unlikely walks of life…successfully . i started off reading about a market in africa and because this is a preview on my kindle , came back to what i thought was a completely different book at one point ! ! the hazards of not having a real front cover and bookmark ( old school , i know ) . each scenario and personality is painted beautiful
i really enjoyed this book and read it very quickly , as i was so keen to find out what happened . i did however guess the storyline at each and every turn , which was slightly disappointing , but the characters were well written , not particularly likeable but very believable ; i could relate to them and the story did move at a cracking pace . this could have been a 4 or possibly even a 5 star rated book for me except for the fact that the interwoven story of the american lorrie was far too hastily ( a
petra’s romantic life has always been a car crash , and even in her sixties she’s still getting it disastrously wrong . and then she falls in love with jeremy , an old friend visiting from abroad . there’s just one catch : jeremy is married to her best friend , bev .
we step into the street . it’s another glorious day , the hottest april in years . along the pavement , 4x4s with tinted windows are parked , their engines running . their occupants sit in hyde park , sheikhs’ wives burqa’d up to the eyeballs , eating picnics with their children .
it is many years since i last read a deborah moggach book and i had quite forgotten just how good her reads are . her characters are real , they jump out of the page at you and you very quickly become entwined in their lives , and this book is no exception . our main character here is petra , a woman probably in her early sixties , divorced and living alone . the one thing she dreads is spending the rest of her years alone . she wants to be loved . but , when she does find that love she is going to end up
i chose this book because ' tulip fever ' by the same author was so excellent . this book , however , was disappointing . the writing itself is good - characters , descriptions - but the story rambled . basically , it winds around the lives of two women , one in england and one in america , or that ' s what it ' s meant to do . in fact , it ' s mainly about petra , the woman in england , and the other story seems to have been added as a filler . yes , it does sort of come together at the end , but feels contrived rathe
eborah moggach weaves together the stories of six different characters from across the globe , each guarding a secret . there’s sixtysomething petra , living alone in london and longing to find a more satisfying relationship than anything her recent internet dates have offered ; her best friend , bev , and bev’s husband , jeremy , who live in west africa and appear sickeningly happily married ; lorrie , a young wife and mother in texas who needs to make some serious cash while her husband’s on a tour of duty , and li - jing and her husband , lei , in china , desperate for the baby they can’t conceive . the tangled lives of the first three lie at the heart of the novel , with the likable petra as the central ballast , though i was eager to find out more about lorrie . despite some rather crazy plot twists towards the end , it’s a gentle , easy - reading tale of happenstance and second chances .
the lighting is pitiless . i catch sight of myself in the mirror , tall and gaunt . my face is blanched . nobody says this about ageing , how the glow bleaches out until one gradually becomes colourless , like an etching of one’s own self - portrait . the tiny lines , of course , add to this effect . how has bev aged ? i haven’t seen her for years but in the countless photos she posts on facebook she looks exactly the same . she and i are such a contrast – she small and curvy , me tall and skinny . somebody once compared us to a chihuahua and a lurcher .
i had such a great trip with the four threads . china , usa , africa and england . . . very well written and the characters were so realistic . i haven ' t been to china , but even those sections felt real . must look for some of her other books . . very contemporary themes , too
i enjoy deborah’s writing style , so had little doubt that this would be a good read . somehow she manages to tie up the most far flung destinations and mix up the most unlikely walks of life…successfully . i started off reading about a market in africa and because this is a preview on my kindle , came back to what i thought was a completely different book at one point ! ! the hazards of not having a real front cover and bookmark ( old school , i know ) . each scenario and personality is painted beautifully whether it is the oppressed japanese wife , the american military family , the best friends separated by a continent but united by their love of the same man . in the mix is surrogacy , elephant poaching , naturally grown slimming aids , murder and deceit . an unlikely combination ? not a bit of it – the story gathers pace as each strand is linked together and the reader is led to find empathy with each of the women portrayed . good summer read .
i really enjoyed this book . interestingly the first person narrator , petra , is quite an unpleasant character , full of jealously and bitterness and occasionally , self - delusion . perhaps what makes her slightly more empathetic is the comparison to her hideous friend bev , with all her ' sweetie pies ' and her casual racism , and her lover , the morally flexible jeremy , involved in murky expat business dealings . i suppose my criticism of the novel is that the parallel story of lorrie and her surrogate pregnancy is underdeveloped and wrapped up too soon . are we meant to think her husband and children really didn ' t have any idea about her pregnancy and that everything turned out hunky dory ?
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this was one strange story of women with big secrets , one downright criminal . as they play out , petra ' s secret becomes an absolute nightmare and the focus of the book . i ' m not sure why the other women ' s stories fell to the side , but i think the author missed the boat by not developing their characters . it bothered me , too , that the book was in need of some editing concerning the lorrie ( american ) character . the british author doesn ' t speak
american
and texans don ' t
have a nap .
however , it kept me entertained as i had to know how everybody ended up , so in that way , it was a good read .
better known in the uk than here in the states , and later marketed in the u . s . as
shattered
, i don ' t recall coming across this one over the years ( kind of surprising , considering the cast ) . an understated peter finch portrays harry field , a government employee who lives along the isle of wight . the film begins with him coming home during the holidays to his frustrated wife , played by shelley winters ( the antithesis of understated ) . she ' s cooked a turkey for her ( vegan ) husband , and performs a christmas number , in an effort to have a nice , romantic evening and save their struggling marriage . field , bored with his job . . . uninterested in…


chloe is a 2009 erotic thriller film directed by atom egoyan , a remake of the 2003 french film nathalie ... .

it stars julianne moore , liam neeson , and amanda seyfried in the title role .

its screenplay was written by erin cressida wilson , based on the earlier french film , written by anne fontaine .

despite its mixed critical reception , chloe made more money than any of atom egoyan 's previous films .

chloe ( film )

in chloe we see it in a series of sensual neck caresses between chloe and catherine .
chloe reminded me of fatal attraction , which was a believable and captivating film . this knockoff is not .
chloe has responsibility for all contractual matters , including film closing and sales and distribution contracts . chloe was previously a senior associate at a commercial law firm , and has had a connection with the new zealand film commission for more than 10 years .
chloe
was written by
secretary
scribe erin cressida wilson and is based on the 2003 french film
nathalie .
universal has locked in its live action film the little mermaid , and kick ass star chloe grace moretz has been cast as ariel .
chloe moretz said she hadn ' t seen the marketing and has apologised to fans .
spwag said it plans to release
chloe
theatrically in the first half of 2010 .
chloe ' s scheme ends as soon as catherine decides that she is done testing her husband . chloe has to play off of catherine ' s insecurity and arousal to keep it rolling
but chloe isn ' t happy about the way the new south korean movie was advertised .
chloe bennet in a scene from marvel’s agents of shield . photograph : justin lubin / abc
sir philip green ' s new nightmare : as tycoon ' s daughter chloe . . .
chloe zhao ' s hybrid ' the rider ' is compelling fiction made of real life drama .
it is believed that chloe met meeks while she was in cannes earlier this year with robert .
— science - fiction horror film “antibirth , ” starring natasha lyonne , chloe sevigny , meg tilly and mark webber . it’s currently in post - production .
participants are provided with a variety of film and cameras ; film processing costs are to be covered by each individual .
chloe moretz voices snow white while cocktail and showgirls actress gina gershon plays regina , the evil queen .
us actress chloe moretz says she ' s
appalled and angry
over the marketing for her new animated snow white film , red shoes & the 7 dwarfs .
: arguably , the plot of the film . perhaps also a meta - example , since many viewers of the film see
chloe is a 2010 film by canadian director atom egoyan , starring julianne moore , amanda seyfried , and liam neeson . it is a loose remake of a 2003 french film , nathalie , which starred gerard depardieu and emmanuelle béart .
editorial photographer chloe aftel is one of them , and she incorporates a variety of films and cameras in much of her professional and personal work . chloe leads this week - long exploration into the joys , serendipity , uniqueness and wonder—as well as the technical aspects—of film - based photography .
the row over whitewashing in hollywood has taken a new turn after the actor chloe bennet said she had changed her name from chloe wang because hollywood is “racist” and would not cast her in roles because of her surname .
chloe moretz has been left fuming over a marketing campaign for her upcoming animated comedy red shoes & the 7 dwarfs .
meanwhile chloe ' s father sir philip said he is ' not getting involved ' in his daughter ' s holiday romance .
once rebuked , chloe tries to get back at catherine by stalking her teenage son michael . from this point on , the film unfortunately veers into fatal attraction territory , something not exactly egoyan’s forte .
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the film goes shockingly flat when the more conventional thriller elements - - what should be the film ' s bread and butter - - kick in .
although it ' s kinda debatable on whether or not catherine , or chloe is sympathetic . it really depends on the viewer .
chloe mcloughlin is our head of business affairs . she works with conal thompson , katie baker , kate mooney and bonnie mahon .
and chloe was attacked on social media for allegedly dumping her reported beau robert , son of legendary fashion designer , roberto cavalli .
after catherine ends her affair with chloe so she could repair her marriage , chloe meets then seduces michael , catherine and david ' s son in order to gain access to the inside of catherine ' s house . while michael immediately believes chloe ' s actions as her having feelings for him as he does for her and even considered her his ' new girlfriend ' after their tryst together , chloe , on the other hand , only has feelings for catherine and was willing to seduce michael in order to get closer to his mother .
chloe ,
which had its world premiere last month at the toronto international film festival , stars julianne moore , liam neeson and amanda seyfried . erin cressida wilson (
secretary
) wrote the script .
toronto - atom egoyan says he ' s been inundated by sex thriller scripts since directing the sensual film
chloe ,
which marked the first time he ' s helmed a movie he hasn ' t written .
posters and a trailer for the film , a twist on the tale of
snow white ,
drew the attention of cannes film festival attendees last week .
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no film school caught up with zhao at last year ' s 2017 cannes film festival , where , after the film ' s premiere , werner herzog sang the film ' s praises . zhao detailed the intimate process she underwent with brady to create a film steeped in verisimilitude . she also shared the lessons she learned the hard way from her first feature , why she thinks indies should be made with commercial money , and more . the film is currently in limited theatrical release .
when we learn that chloe’s sexual encounters with david were imagined , the film dovetails into two interconnecting fantasies : chloe imagining sleeping with david , to either inflict pain on catherine or to get closer to her , and catherine sleeping with chloe as a sexual surrogate fantasy . this sexual fantasy of catherine sleeping with her husband’s lover is a variation of alma’s fantasy in persona , where she imagines sleeping with elizabet’s husband , who plays the fantasy role by acting toward alma as if she were elizabet .
david and catherine who , after everything they ' ve been through , are seen embracing each other after chloe kills herself in their house .
chloe zhao : i didn ' t feel i got everything i wanted from my first film . it was my first time [ making a movie ] . and then also i became interested in the cowboys and their lives .
sony pictures worldwide acquisitions group has acquired u . s . rights to director atom egoyan’s
chloe ,
spwag president steve bersch announced thursday .
platonic prostitution : initially , catherine pays chloe just to meet her husband at a cafe and see if he flirts with her . later subverted .
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wellington is described as the
powerhouse in feature film production in new zealand
.
chloe , katie , bonnie and conal are responsible for all contractual matters while kate manages the te ahi kā programme and provides legal and adminstraive support .
chloe was linked to the millionaire designer ' s son after he posted a number of sun - soaked pictures of them together over the past year .
but after the photos emerged of meeks and chloe together in turkey the photo was flooded with comments from instagram users accusing meeks of stealing his girl .
now more suspicious than ever that david is having an affair , catherine seeks out chloe , an escort , hiring her to test david ' s fidelity . meeting regularly , catherine absorbs the explicit details chloe shares of her encounters with david , igniting catherine ' s jealousy and awakening long - dormant sensations . soon caught in a web of sexual desire , catherine finds herself on a journey that places her family in great danger—is it too late to stop chloe ?
e1 entertainment will distribute the film in canada , expected in the first half of 2010 .
with the headline : film review : kids ; growing up troubled , in terrifying ways .
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chloe grace moretz has declared that she’s “appalled and angry” over a now - canceled marketing campaign for her upcoming animated comedy “red shoes & the 7 dwarfs . ”
jack o’connell , chloe grace moretz and josh gad are to star in us romance party of the century , based on truman capote’s infamous black and white ball .
like many other producers who wrapped the toronto international film festival without finding an american distributor , chloe ' s makers had been in talks with many interested parties , none of whom took the bait before the 10 - day event ended in mid - september .
as her mother , margaret white . the film was scheduled to be released on march 15 , 2013 , but was later moved to october 18 , 2013 . the film will be the first
we have got to be creative about where the money comes from in indie film .
during the film festival , egoyan said he was looking
for substantial money
for chloe , which went through a turbulent time late last winter when neeson ' s wife , natasha richardson , died from a head injury while on a ski trip in montreal .
montecito picture co . ' s ivan reitman , who co - produced chloe , said recently that richardson ' s death cast a pall over the production , adding
it didn ' t change the film , but changed all of us as human beings .
the camera dollies in slowly to them seated on a bench table in the bar . like alma’s , chloe’s detailed description wouldn’t be out of place in a soft - core porn movie . the scene is again intercut with visualizations of chloe and david . rather than emit anger or regret , catherine asks chloe to provide evidence she is clear of any sexual diseases ( perhaps a normal reaction considering catherine’s profession ) . it is rare for a female character to speak so frankly and explicitly about sex in a mainstream film . the only other instance of this i can easily recall is in persona ; of course that was an art film , but it was also forty - three years earlier !
hot felon jeremy meeks , who cheated on his wife of eight years with chloe green , is also accused of stealing the topshop heiress from rumoured boyfriend robert cavalli .
dominique is responsible for royalties collection , including monitoring reports and income from international collection agencies . prior to coming to the new zealand film commission , dominique worked at various arts and film organisations including three foot six ltd , film new zealand , wingnut films and the new zealand international arts festival .
this year ' s human rights watch film festival will feature 15 films - 12 directed by women . co - presented by the film society of lincoln center and ifc center , the festival runs from june 14 - 21 at new york’s francesca beale theater at the elinor bunin munroe film center .
in the run - up to cannes film festival , the couple appeared to be travelling together , with robert sharing a photo of them from monaco , enjoying a cup of tea with chloe in a pink dressing gown with the caption : ' me vs you ' .
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1 chloe’s ( implied ) suicide by falling backwards from an open window recalls , in its use of super slow motion , the opening death of lars von triers’ antichrist .
robert pulcini and shari springer berman commented : “our film is a delicate balance of worlds converging at a pivotal moment in time . jack , chloe and josh are brilliant performers who can embody these worlds while bringing the electricity and pathos required to make the story fly . ”
the next meeting between catherine and chloe takes place in the same ritzy hotel room where chloe had earlier met with david for their most recent liaison ( 47’00” ) . the setting is daytime and the lighting high - key . in this scene chloe’s description of their sex ( how she “…put him in my mouth , and then he got hard” ) again recalls alma’s similar explicitly detailed description of her casual sexual encounter on the beach in persona . chloe’s detailed description of her sexual encounter with david arouses catherine ( as chloe later says to her , “this turns you on . ” ) . this scene acts as a foreplay to their next meeting ( 58’00” ) , where they cut to the chase and have sex . this hotel room’s warmer tones and atmospheric lighting adds a sensuality lacking in the earlier locations where they met . catherine claims that she sleeps with chloe as a way for her to be closer to david , to ‘feel’ what he may have felt ( or at least this is how she describes it to david ) .
back to one podcast : keith poulson on developing as an actor in the ny indie film scene .
no film school : you made a connection with the lakota on your last film , songs my brothers taught me . why did you decide to go back and make a second movie about that world ?
brought home the art cinema award at cannes and was presented with the werner herzog film award . herzog introduced zhao’s film at the telluride film festival saying , “he , as you can imagine , is a huge inspiration for me . he said , ‘the film represents the best of the heartland . ’” dedicating the film to a now wheelchair bound rodeo cowboy in the film , lane scott , she described that not a dry eye in the audience could be found . zhao continued , “it’s incredible to see how other filmmakers that you admire for so long . . . have such big hearts and compassion for humanity . ”
one follower joked : ' he giving you that fake a * * what ' s up homie but low key he just slipped that h * * chloe his number . '
the film was first released on november 21 , 2003 in the united states . at the time of its release , gothika was the most successful film from dark castle entertainment with $ 141 . 6 million .
haigh has emerged to become one of the uk’s most interesting filmmakers . his previous film 45 years , about an aging couple — played by charlotte rampling and tom courtenay — and their faltering relationship emerged as an awards - season dark horse last year with a best actress nomination for rampling at the academy awards and a best british film nomination at the baftas . the film also took home the best british / irish film of the year at the london film critics’ circle awards along with best actor and actress of the year .
catherine stewart ( julianne moore ) is a gynecologist , a successful one , judging by the house she inhabits fresh from the cover of architectural digest . her husband , david ( liam neeson ) , is an expert on opera . the call girl she saw from her window is chloe ( amanda seyfried ) , young , red - lipped , intelligent . catherine explains to chloe that she suspects her husband of adultery and wants to test if he would try to pick up another woman . she tells chloe where her husband always has lunch .
the project won the screen international best pitch award at last year’s black nights international film festival in tallinn .
with her notable roles in film and television , amanda seyfried has quickly captured the attention of audiences worldwide .
the actress and gina gershon were announced on may 18 as the lead voices in the korean animated film .
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in clio barnard’s third feature film , following the arbor and the selfish giant , she continues her study on the impact of poverty in the u . k . with her new film dark river . like her previous film the selfish giant , the focus is squarely on the aspects of life the public tries to overlook .
chloe is so emotionally distraught by catherine ' s rejection of her that she threatens to kill herself then threatens to kill catherine with her hair pin unless she chooses to be with her .
stephen rea , colm feore , and zawe ashton have joined the previously announced cast of the thriller “ the widow , ” opposite isabelle huppert , chloe grace moretz , and maika monroe .
after what would become their final meeting chloe tells catherine that david had admitted to her that this was the first time he had ever cheated on his wife . in hindsight this makes chloe out to be a sadist , taking pleasure in evicting pain on catherine . catherine evicts her own pain back at chloe when she rebukes her in her office , telling her that the sex they had was “nice” but that their relationship has all along been strictly professional , and offers her a financial settlement to get rid of her ( chloe has not once refused payment , which corroborates catherine’s evaluation of their relationship as ‘professional’ ) . in a striking shot , chloe leaves catherine’s office and walks through the waiting room straight up to a big close - up , stops in her tracks , and stares directly into the camera , bursting with barely contained anger and pain ( the gesture of a character looking straight into the lens echoing once again persona ) .
and in the scene toward the end where chloe stalks michael from outside his house , seeing him through the glass walled room . as per vampire lore a vampire can only enter into a victim’s home if they are invited in the first time . the editing of this scene suggests this is exactly what michael does . a long shot of chloe outside the house with michael playing guitar in his room establishes the spatial setting . the shot cuts to a closer shot of chloe as she makes eye contact with michael and smiles seductively . the next edit cuts to a closer shot of michael acknowledging her presence and smiling back . as he begins to rise from his chair , the scene jump cuts to chloe already in the house with michael trailing behind her .
neeson ' s latest release is pierre morel ' s taken . in the fox film released january 30 , 2009 , neeson stars as an ex - soldier trying to track down the albanian slave masters who have kidnapped his daughter . he also debuted the bbc film five minutes in heaven to rave reviews at the 2009 sundance film festival .
atom egoyan ' s sexual thriller chloe , starring julianne moore , liam neeson and amanda seyfried , finally secured u . s . distribution friday in a deal with sony pictures worldwide acquisitions group .
playing a professional motorcycle racer , gallo spends most of the film in a cross - country road trip that seemed to include every stop to gas up his truck in excruciating detail . ( and , yes , the film also includes shots of a literal brown bunny , as gallo has confessed he is partial to the furry creatures . ) the film was subsequently trimmed by 25 minutes for the toronto film festival last fall , and its critical reception improved .
as you can tell by the above description , chloe is a more straight - forward character - based narrative than persona . there are fantasies in chloe too , but they reside within the elliptical bits of the movie left out –the meetings between chloe and david that are unseen , or seen but from her possibly skewed subjectivity– which are slowly drawn into the narrative when plot details are revealed . they are not the same kind of cinematic fantasies as those in persona , which are never tagged as being real or not . chloe has a direct beginning , middle and end , with a pat resolution ( chloe dies , possibly by suicide , [ 1 ] and david and catherine seem to have saved their marriage ) . at the end of persona the two women seem to have come to an impasse and part their separate ways , although nothing is resolved ( was there transference between them ? does elizabet really return to acting ? will alma marry her fiancée ? ) .
miranda bonds with fellow inmate and her former patient chloe sava ( penélope cruz ) . several times in sessions , chloe had claimed that she ' d been raped while in the hospital , but miranda had always attributed these stories to mental illness . one night , the door to miranda ' s room in the hospital is opened by the ghost . when she passes chloe ' s room , she can hear the rape occurring and momentarily sees a man ' s chest pressed against the window . the man ' s chest bears an anima sola tattoo . miranda realizes that chloe was not making up these stories , and apologizes to her , and the two embrace . chloe then warns miranda her attacker said he was going to target her next . miranda begins to regain some of her memories bit by bit , and slowly comes to remember herself killing her husband . she realizes that the ghost had used her body to murder douglas , thus making miranda the patsy for his murder .
actress chloe grace moretz , who lent her voice to the animated “ snow white ” parody , “red shoes and the 7 dwarfs , ” had plenty to say wednesday about the movie’s controversial marketing .
fans notice a snap robert had shared with chloe along with a heart emoji , commenting : ' u might have had a chance with her if u were a married man ' ( sic ) .
i ' m reading through the inevitable two sex thrillers a day i get sent from my agent in l . a . because now i ' m the guy who does that type of ( film ) ,
egoyan said in a recent interview to promote the release of
chloe
on dvd tuesday .
trailers for the film have included a phone number which when called results in playback of a recording simulating an encounter with characters from the film . an option is given for the caller to receive additional promotional phone calls and text messages .
money generated by new zealand film production has doubled , thanks to a bounce back from wellington ' s movie sector .
the announcement was made by lara thompson , exec vp of worldwide acquisitions and production for the company’s global film group .
reitman will have a condo in the adjoining tower complex . casting chloe was seemingly a breeze , the material a lure much as chloe is a lure to the wife . julianne moore plays the older woman , amanda seyfried the younger , while liam neeson plays the smaller but crucial role as the tempted man who becomes a cuckold . the strength of cast and material led to another surprise - studiocanal exercised its right as copyright holder to fully finance the film . montecito , says reitman , “normally co - finances its projects .
chloe has since deleted her instagram account shortly after posting a picture of her and meeks together with the caption : ' just the beginning . . . we appreciate all the love and the hate . '
what makes this fantasy more cinematically complex , or surreal , is the fact that elizabet is present throughout the exchange , simply because part of alma’s fantasy is being accepted by elizabet as a person of equal value . she clearly has an inferiority complex in face of elizabet’s star status as an actress , which is another echo in chloe , who yearns for catherine’s financially elevated / class status . egoyan introduces catherine’s class superiority in her introductory scene , where we see her sighting chloe for the first time looking down at her at street level her from her physically elevated position . egoyan cements this class desire in the scene where chloe seduces catherine’s son michael and during the sex scene is less interested in michael than catherine’s wardrobe ( we see point of view shots of chloe looking at catherine’s expensive clothes and shoes ) .
when people talk about a decline in “film culture , ” he suggests , “they’re always assessing moviegoing in relationship to film culture . what i suggest is what would it mean if we understood it in relation to a history of going out ?
mladen has overall responsibility for our financial and marketing information systems . in addition , he monitors aspects of feature film financing and budgets , manages co - production approval and film certification and has input into policy development and our interface with government .
since its inception in 1997 . totaro received his phd in film & television from the university of warwick ( uk ) , is a part - time professor in film studies at concordia university ( montreal , canada ) and a longstanding member of
chloe starts off as an intriguing psychological drama - and then veers off into b - movie territory . yet moore and neeson are such classy actors that they can ' t help but elevate the pulpy material .
with catherine who is taking a long hot shower after hearing chloe ' s explicit details of her trysts with david , and as she fantasizes about such , continues to move her shower head down . . .
there are shapes , colors and structures that are mirrored in the choice of clothing for the characters . on chloe in particular you’ll find colors and patterns that are connected to the outside environment . for example the coat she wears in the greenhouse and the coat with the embroidered leaves both reflect her exterior surroundings . you’ll notice too , though it’s very subtle , that outfits for catherine and chloe begin to echo one another
in 2005 , she starred in nine lives which screened at the sundance film festival to great acclaim . written and directed by rodrigo garcia , the film also starred sissy spacek , glenn close , holly hunter , robin wright penn and dakota fanning .
nfs : you said you lost money on the first film . were you worried about compensating the investors this time around ?
early in the film , talking with a patient uncertain about her sex life , catherine explains that an orgasm is a simple muscular contraction , quite natural , nothing to be frightened of or made mysterious . orgasms for catherine , however , involve a great deal more than muscles , and a great deal depends on who they are experienced with and why . chloe tells her about entering a cafe , boldly asking david if she can take the sugar from his table and returning to her own . david understands that chloe is not interested in sugar .
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the 19 - year - old will lead the film’s cast , which also includes tilda swinton , mia goth , and dakota johnson . variety , which first broke the news , reports that production on the film begins this october in italy and hungary .
film vs . digital . fifteen years ago , the choice was the subject of hot debate . though today ' s photographic world is located squarely in the digital arena , there is a growing community who love the unique look and feel of film .
it centres on the marital insecurities of a successful doctor , played by julianne moore , who suspects her husband of cheating and hires a call girl named chloe , played by amanda seyfried , to test his fidelity .
chloe is a movie starring julianne moore , amanda seyfried , and liam neeson . a doctor hires an escort to seduce her husband , whom she suspects of cheating , though unforeseen events put the marriage in danger .
4 ) a line of dialogue spoken by alma in persona , about the many opportunities for infidelity afforded to her as a nurse which she resisted , is repeated in spirit if not verbatim by david in chloe .
katie provides commercial and legal advice . she deals with a broad range of contractual and compliance matters including those related to film closings . katie gained experience in commercial law firms in new zealand ( including as an external advisor to the film commission ) and in the united kingdom . katie works part time and looks after her two young children when she isn’t at the film commission .
“they have attracted a truly outstanding cast and we have no doubt that jack , chloe and josh will bring this captivating love story to the screen with a tenderness and joy which will satisfy audiences around the world . ”
carol works on the management of financial information for the organisation , and to provide general assistance to film commission staff with financial administration .
wellington was the
powerhouse in feature film production in new zealand
, statistics new zealand business performance senior manager daria kwon said .
while the film production industry in new zealand was cyclical , the outlook for wellington ' s screen sector was positive , whelan said .
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the only verhoeven element that ' s missing is deliberate camp , a healthy ladling of which might have made chloe worth watching for some reason other than the prospect of glimpsing seyfried ' s and moore ' s admirably formed torsos .
and yet the scripts i get from that system , like i say , are not very interesting to me . they don ' t have the psychological complexity of a script like ' chloe ' did ,
says egoyan .
1 . why does julianne moore propose such a bad idea ? the premise of the erotic thriller chloe holds that frustrated wife catherine stewart ( julianne moore ) suspects her college - professor husband david ( liam neeson ) of cheating on her . she happens to meet a beautiful call girl , chloe ( amanda seyfried ) , and hires her to test david ' s fidelity . it hardly seems a fair temptation , however . as slate ' s dana stevens suggests
' just the beginning ' : chloe took to instagram on saturday , sharing a a photo with meeks and his manager , with the caption : ' just the beginning . . . we appreciate all the love and the hate '
throughout the week , you are introduced to her favorite aspects of this distinctive medium—from double exposures to expired film , plastic lenses to revolog film , c - 41 to holgas , and instant photography to hasselblad . participants are provided with a variety of film and cameras ( with processing costs covered by each individual ) , and while our primary subject matter is portraiture , we also explore figurative and lifestyle imagery .
putting aside certain plausibility issues , the key seems to lie less in david ' s loyalty than in catherine ' s feelings about herself . nearly the film ' s entire first act emphasize different aspects of catherine ' s mid - life crisis and self - consciousness . hiring chloe to test david seems to be just the excuse to participate in a sexually charged game .
intense at times , intriguing at others , chloe will have her audience in those who want to see , peeking as in a peep show the intimacies of a woman , her husband and her lover . [ full review in spanish ]
chloe meets with catherine to relate this encounter . chloe is good at this . she informs us early in the film that she is skilled at what she does . it ' s not a matter of renting her body . she uses her intelligence to intuit what a client desires - - really desires , no matter what the client might claim . and she knows how to provide this in a way that will provoke curiosity , even fascination . now she describes details to catherine that do a great deal more than provoke a wife ' s jealousy about her husband . they provoke an erotic curiosity about him .
in today’s film news roundup , stephen rea and colm feore join “the widow , ” 30west buys rights to the thriller “beast , ” and afi fest announces a robert altman retrospective . castings stephen rea , colm feore , and zawe ashton have joined the previously announced cast of the thriller “the widow , ” opposite isabelle huppert , chloe grace moretz , and maika [ … ]
“but the movie has a bunch of other things that are happening to it as well , ” tapscott adds . “i was invited to the berlin film festival to give the berlinale keynote in 2008 , and i talked about this thing called ‘the film 2 . 0 . ’ ”
amy adrion’s half the picture is an informative , eye - opening documentary about the startling gender imbalance that exists among film and television directors .
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this film is about a doctor who suspects her husband to be cheating . she hires a prostitute to test her suspicion , which spirals out of control beyond anyone ' s imagination . if there is a sub - genre called sexual thriller ,
chloe
would be the prototype . the plot works very well , it ' s very engaging . the sexual mystery and tension are captivating , and the copious nudity does not even come across as over the top or contrived . just as you thought you guessed the whole plot , it twists in the most dramatic way . there is so much suspense , excitement and mystery to the story .
chloe
is a very good film with a wow factor , that keeps me glued to the screen .
at the annual film independent fast track welcome dinner , film independent presented two alfred p . sloan grants to support films that explore science and technology themes or that depict scientists , engineers and mathematicians in engaging and innovative ways . film independent’s inaugural alfred p . sloan distribution grant was awarded to michael almereyda’s experimenter , produced by uri singer , fabio golombek , isen robbins , and aimee schoof . the filmmakers will receive $ 50 , 000 in funds to support the release of the film . experimenter premiered at the 2015 sundance film festival and was acquired by magnolia pictures with a release planned for fall 2015 . additionally , the sixth annual alfred p . sloan fast track grant , a $ 20 , 000 production grant , was awarded to writer / director elena greenlee and producer márcia nunes for their narrative fiction film in development , dark forest .
but now comes reitman’s perhaps strangest collaboration which , like up in the air , premiered recently at the toronto international film festival ( tiff ) - he produced atom egoyan’s chloe . however it is egoyan who is directing reitman’s baby . reitman first saw the french original nathalie at tiff in 2003 . he did not think much of the film itself but he recognised the power of the concept : a woman suspects her husband of infidelity , hires a young beauty to bait him and ends up falling for the beauty herself .
in this 29th year , an impressive 12 of the 15 features were the moving and illuminating work of female filmmakers ; 11 documentaries and one autobiographical fiction . each film screened twice between june 14 - 21 , 2018 , at the film society of lincoln center and the ifc center .
director atom egoyan finds intrigue at the edges of conventional sex .
chloe ,
like his great film
exotica
( 1994 ) , is about sexual attraction confused by financial arrangements .
chloe
centers on a powerfully erotic young woman with personal motives that are hidden . it is not blatant but seductive , depending on the ways that our minds , more than our bodies , can be involved in a sexual relationship . it ' s not so much what we ' re doing as what i ' m thinking about it - - and what you ' re thinking , which may be more complex than i realize .
ivan reitman , joe medjuck and jeffrey clifford of montecito picture company produced the film , which is the first international production fully financed by studiocanal .
it ' s in some ways , i think , a film that might be even better viewed in private ,
he says laughing .
both domestic and international film production is healthy , and we ' re seeing more and more diversity in the projects wellington business are securing .
the american film institute will present a retrospective of the work of robert altman , with screenings and discussions of 12 films at its afi fest .
: i enjoy the challenge of working within boundaries . because i write and direct my own films , often i get involved in the scripting process . i may suggest different locations that may tell the story better , or an action that could replace dialogue . most people in film recognize the advantage of allowing ideas to flow in a collaborative way . sharing ideas in the planning of the film is what i enjoy most about film making .
the mindset and process behind film capture is quite different from those of digital , and that difference is reflected in the final product . for this reason , an understanding of the technical and philosophical aspects of film will ultimately enrich your digital photography . don ' t miss a rare opportunity to slow down and let film - based photography take you on a journey to new places , where a richer understanding of the medium opens up creative possibilities .
red shoes and the 7 dwarfs producer sujin hwang has now apologised for the adverts and the film ' s first trailer , which have been withdrawn .
songs my brothers taught me is currently available on itunes and amazon . on august 2 , it will be available on dvd / blu - ray and vod . for more information , please visit the film’s website or imdb page . to learn more about film independent’s artist development programs , click here .
directed by larry clark ; written by harmony korine ; director of photography , eric alan edwards ; edited by chris tellefson ; music by louis barlow ; produced by cary woods ; released by excalibur films . running time : 95 minutes . this film is not rated . with : leo fitzpatrick ( telly ) , justin pierce ( casper ) , chloe sevigny ( jennie ) and rosario dawson ( ruby ) .
in the next scene the images of chloe and david together ( which i’ll call the “real / fantasy scenes” ) begin to assume an identity autonomous from chloe’s narrating voice , as an amorous scene of david and chloe at the allan gardens conservatory is sandwiched between catherine driving in her car at night and catherine taking a hot , steamy shower . if not real , then who is imagining this now ? this echoes persona , where the two woman seem to ( quite literally ) fuse ; here , it seems as if catherine’s fantasy is fusing into chloe’s , or they are sharing in the same fantasy object , david . as if to literalize this , the film performs an exquisite slow dissolve between the two scenes , superimposing david and chloe in the throes of passion and catherine masturbating in the shower ( the steam on the window in the allan gardens matching the steam on the shower stall glass ; and catherine’s marion crane - like hand pressed up against the shower stall glass is echoed by david’s hand pressed up against the window ) . a dissolve back to catherine superimposes their hands as if to symbolize an attempt for them to touch , to communicate ( 39’47” ) . as catherine exits the shower and enters her bedroom we are almost surprised by the presence of david in bed , somehow assuming in our minds that he is somewhere still at the allan gardens conservatory . it is a beautiful moment that demonstrates the force of editing .
still , the toronto - based auteur , whose acclaimed body of work includes
exotica
and
the sweet hereafter ,
admits there may be a prurient appeal to
chloe
that bodes well for its search for a new audience on dvd .
along the way , zhao has picked up support from just about every independent film organization around , including ifp and film independent . she attended the sundance screenwriter’s and directors lab and pitched director christopher columbus to win nyu’s chris columbus / richard vague film production fund grant of $ 100 , 000 . and , just before our conversation , significant productions and producers forest whitaker and nina yang bongiovi , who got behind ryan coogler’s fruitvale station , boarded the project .
but after four years of college zhao found herself “turned off by politics . ” tending bar , she discovered she liked “meeting people and learning about their histories . ” believing that film combined all these interests , and not knowing anyone in the industry , she enrolled in new york university’s graduate film program .
the ballad of narayama
is a japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice , telling a story of startling cruelty . what a space it opens…
simon is responsible for overseeing new digital initiatives , including the implementation of online application forms and overseeing the film commission ' s social media strategy . coming from a background in marketing , communications and it at film new zealand , simon applies his experience to this role in order to improve communications with the industry .
film production revenue of $ 644 million was recorded for wellington businesses in 2016 , more than double that from a relatively slow year in 2015 .
in the now - deleted trailer for the film , two dwarfs become privy to the princess ' s secret identity after watching her undress in her bedroom .
film independent selects 10 projects and 21 filmakers for 2015 fast track program and awards $ 70k in alfred p . sloan grants los angeles ( june 16 , 2015 ) – today film independent announced the 10 projects selected for the 13th annual fast track film financing market . held during the los angeles film festival , fast track is designed to help producer - director teams “fast track” their projects forward through sixty meetings with top industry executives–financiers , agents , managers , distributors , granting organizations , and production companies . during three days of intensive meetings , participants gain valuable exposure and build vital relationships as they propel their films towards completion .
the 32 - year - old convicted criminal turned model is facing a backlash from fans who are furious he dumped the wife who stood by him while he was in jail and was pictured passionately kissing 26 - year - old chloe on a luxury yacht in turkey .
: film has a very short history and the way we read and interpret film is constantly changing . technological breakthroughs and advances in film production very quickly become accepted , as the audience learn and adapts to new ways of looking . interestingly , the older technologies remind us of the past and therefore possess a power of nostalgia . technology becomes our history , it’s how we define ourselves and helps tell our personal story . our storytelling , and our fascination with light is timeless .
meeks and chloe , who is heir to her father sir philip ' s billions , were pictured sharing an intimate kiss over the weekend and snuggling up together as they waited to be taken back to their £112 , 000 - a - week yacht in bodrum , turkey .
the film was set for release on march 15 , 2013 , but by early january 2013 , the release date had been moved to october 18 , 2013 .
jasmin is responsible for the promotion and marketing of new zealand films and the new zealand film commission , in new zealand and internationally . she consults with filmmakers , international sales agents and distributors on international film festival and market placement . within new zealand , she assists distributors and filmmakers to identify and engage with their film’s audience through test screenings , audience research and distribution grants . since 2005 , jasmin has been involved with the marketing and promotion of most of the films the film commission has invested in including the world’s fastest indian , boy , the dark horse , the dead lands , hunt for the wilderpeople , pork pie and chasing great .
tim perell will produce the film through his shingle process media . bankside films will handle international sales , with caa and bankside co - representing north american rights .
production company the green - light group has launched green - light international as an global sales , distribution and financing company in advance of the american film market .
“we are thrilled to bring this group of visionary filmmakers together with such esteemed industry executives at the 2015 los angeles film festival , ” said jennifer kushner , film independent’s director of artist development . “our annual fast track finance market is a unique opportunity for filmmakers to gain critical support for their films , and for the executives to discover some of the outstanding talent that film independent curates and develops year - round through our artist development initiatives . this year’s projects are truly exceptional . ”