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Description
Screen legend Peter OToole stars in this moving story of an elderly actor and his somewhat questionable relationship with a teenage girl. Maurice (OToole) and his friend Ian (Leslie Phillips) are two classy curmudgeons whiling away their hours in coffee shops and at the theatre but their routine is thrown for a loop when Ians nieces daughter Jessie (Jodie Whittaker) is sent from the country to act as his nurse. Jessie shows up on the scene sullen and pouty immediately drinking all the liquor in the house and slouching her way from room to room. But Maurice befriends her taking her to museums and getting her a gig as an art model and along the way he openly expresses the lust she has awakened in him. Jessies brash rejections of his affections are at first as amusing as they are awkward. When she starts to allow him small pleasures--like kissing her bare shoulders or caressing her hands--the film enters into some uncomfortable complicated territory but it is deftly navigated by Hanif Kureishis sharp screenplay and OTooles heartbreaking performance. br/ br/ VENUS is in many ways a quiet film shot mainly in tiny shops and in Ians musty apartment and it often relies on single shots of OTooles weary blue eyes to convey the many complexities within the story. Far from just a tale of a May-December romance VENUS is a very raw look at growing old and the aches and pains both emotional and physical that accompany a man near the end of his life. It is an honest moving portrait of human desire and how it can both beat us down and lift us up--no matter the age.
Technical Details
Region 2
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1
Running Time: 92 minutes
Production Year: 2006
Main Language: English
Genre: Drama
Certificate: 15 Suitable for Persons Aged 15 or Over
Directed by: Roger Michell
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