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Lantana

"Sometimes love isn't enough."

2001-10-04 Crime 2hr 1m

Plagued with grief over the murder of her daughter, Valerie Somers suspects that her husband John is cheating on her. When Valerie disappears, Detective Leon Zat attempts to solve the mystery of her absence. A complex web of love, sex and deceit emerges -- drawing in four related couples whose various partners are distrustful and suspicious about each other's involvement.

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Plagued with grief over the murder of her daughter, Valerie Somers suspects that her husband John is cheating on her. When Valerie disappears, Detective Leon Zat attempts to solve the mystery of her absence. A complex web of love, sex and deceit emerges -- drawing in four related couples whose various partners are distrustful and suspicious about each other's involvement.

  • Released
    2001-10-04
  • Revenue
    $15,747,947
  • Budget
    n/a
  • Runtime
    2hr 1m
  • Genre
    Crime, Drama, Mystery
  • Status
    Released
  • Language
    English
  • imdb-logo
    7.2
  • Production
    MBP (Germany), Jan Chapman Productions, Australian Film Finance Corporation, New South Wales Film & Television Office

Crew

Ray Lawrence
Director
Andrew Bovell
Screenplay
Jan Chapman
Producer
Keywords:
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Cast

Anthony LaPaglia

Anthony LaPaglia
Leon Zat
Geoffrey Rush

Geoffrey Rush
John Knox
Barbara Hershey

Barbara Hershey
Valerie Somers
Kerry Armstrong

Kerry Armstrong
Sonja Zat
Rachael Blake

Rachael Blake
Jane O'May
Vince Colosimo

Vince Colosimo
Nick
Russell Dykstra

Russell Dykstra
Michael
Daniela Farinacci

Daniela Farinacci
Paula D'Amato
Peter Phelps

Peter Phelps
Patrick Phelan
Leah Purcell

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Claudia Wiss
Glenn Robbins

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Pete O'May
Manu Bennett

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Steve Valdez
Melissa Martínez

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Owen McKenna

Owen McKenna
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Marc Dwyer

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Jacomb Borra

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Jacob
Ben Mortley

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Jose
Gabriella Maselli

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Sarah
Richard Morecroft

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Lesley Hancock

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Angus McGuigan

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A Review by Wuchak 9

Written by Wuchak on 2019-11-17

***Exceptional drama about a detective in Sydney… and so much more*** "Lantana" is an Australian drama from 2001 about four couples in th... read more

***Exceptional drama about a detective in Sydney… and so much more*** "Lantana" is an Australian drama from 2001 about four couples in the Sydney area (where the film was shot). There are some important peripheral characters as well. The husband of the main couple is a detective going through a mid-life crisis (Anthony LaPaglia). His wife (Kerry Armstrong) knows something's wrong and is getting counseling. The marriage of her counselor (Barbara Hershey) is also troubled due to the death of their young daughter 18 months earlier. The woman the detective is having a fling with (Rachael Blake) lives next door to a couple whose marriage is the only solid relationship in the story (Vince Colosimo & Daniela Farinacci). Or is it? When one of these women turns up missing the counselor's husband becomes a suspect (Geoffrey Rush). The reason the film's called "Lantana" is because lantana is a tangled shrub common in Australia, which represents the entanglements of the lives of the characters. It also symbolizes marriage since lantana has a sweet but bitter smell: it's beautiful with its flowers, but has "stings"; its branches weave together in a complicated way and in the story a woman is caught in the complexity of it. "Lantana" is the antithesis of big, dumb, effects-laden "blockbusters," which oddly enough often become boring with their overload of "exciting" things going on. "Lantana" effectively shows that ordinary life is more interesting and compelling, if done right. Human nature is explored through a blend of passionate emotions, misconceptions, betrayals, anger, premature conclusions, vanity, duty, ethics, lies, honesty, loyalty, repentance and restoration. Three of my all-time favorite dramas are "Grand Canyon” (1991), "Snow Angels" (2007) and “Pulp Fiction” (1994). I place "Lantana" in their company. That's how exceptional it is. The film runs 2 hours, 1 minute. GRADE: A

Read Full Review (The thoughts and opinions expressed here are solely those of the reviewer.)
A Review by Wuchak

***Exceptional drama about a detective in Sydney… and so much more*** "Lantana" is an Australian drama from 2001 about four couples in the Sydney area (where the film was shot). There are some important peripheral characters as well. The...

reviewer avatar

A Review by Wuchak 9

Written by Wuchak on 2019-11-17

***Exceptional drama about a detective in Sydney… and so much more*** "Lantana" is an Australian drama from 2001 about four couples in the Sydney area (where the film was shot). There are some impo...

read more