I've recently watched 2 excellent drama films starred by Jennifer Connelly (the junkie in Requiem for a Dream) that I think I should recommend here.
- House of Sand and Fog is a shaking story. You have a young woman that has partially lost her grip on life due to some personal problems, and a family of Iranian immigrants that aim to thrive in their exile to recover the status they enjoyed in the Shah period. Their lives intersect and tragedy bursts, as a small tragedy first, but then one more partially broken creature adds to the equation, and when you think a solution and happy ending could be quite close... a devastating turn will blow you away and leave you gasping. The performance by Ben Kingsley is also remarkable.
- Reservation Road deals with common topics: on one side the lost of a loved one and spiralling downwards when failing to get over it and seeking revenge, on the other side: committing a huge mistake, the failure to amend it and how it all rots you from inside. At one moment the films seems like it could turn into a masterpiece, but it does not wind up developing so masterly. Anyhow, it's a really good film that deserves a good deal of attention.
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