With solid reviews for his performances in Danny Collins and The Humbling, Al Pacino's career is back on the upswing. The same can be said for director David Gordon Green, who has left behind the goofball comedies for subtle dramatic work like Joe and Prince Avalanche. Now the two have hooked up for another character piece, Manglehorn, and the first trailer for it is here.
Also starring Holly Hunter, Chris Messina, and Spring Breakers director Harmony Korine, the film stars Pacino as A.J. Manglehorn, a small-town locksmith who can't stop thinking about a long-lost love. Here's the official synopsis:
Reclusive small town locksmith A.J. Manglehorn has never recovered from losing the love of his life, Clara. Fixated on her memory, he feels closer to his beloved cat than the people around him. Still, he forges on with his tenuous human connections, maintaining intermittent contact with his son and taking misplaced pride in a former protégé gone astray, and establishing a cautious friendship with a kind woman from the local bank. As this solitary man approaches the possibility of new love, he finds himself at a crossroads between staying mired in the past and embracing the present.
This looks like a low-key, quiet affair that should afford Pacino a chance to really dig into the role. Reviews out of TIFF and Venice were somewhat mixed, though, but if this is half as good as Green's last film, Joe, it will be worth checking out. Manglehorn opens on June 19th.
Manglehorn (2014) - Bande Annonce / Trailer [VOST-HD] by Eklecty-City.fr
