Byzantium R

Irresistible. Immoral. Immortal.
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  • Rated: R
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 58 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: October 29, 2013
  • Originally Released: 2012
  • Label: IFC Independent Film

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 11,644
3.5 stars out of 4 -- [An] exquisite, lovely film, in which contemporary characters struggle to suspend their disbelief in vampire lore while Jordan's eye for formal beauty and truthful performances suspends ours.
Chicago Sun-Times
Jun 28, 2013
Rating: 3.5/4 -- Neil Jordan doing a vampire movie? I'm instantly sold. [Full review in Spanish]. Full Review
Cinelipsis
Oct 22, 2019
Arterton and Ronan's characters have the determination and brio of true heroines. Full Review
Film Comment Magazine
Aug 28, 2019
Neil Jordan is not trying to reinvent the vampire mythos with Byzantium, but he does manage to give us something that tries to be new and different, and while it's predictable, sometimes manages to be engaging. Full Review
IONCINEMA.com
Aug 5, 2019
Rating: 7.8/10 -- What resonates most about Byzantium aren't its flaws, but its truly remarkable strengths-the themes of identity and trust; the richly textured, alluring imagery; the brilliantly acted relationships. Full Review
Way Too Indie
Apr 12, 2019
[T]here is real humanity in BYZANTIUM....Screenwriter Moira Buffini brings a worldly authenticity to the characters...
Los Angeles Times
Jun 27, 2013
Rating: 2/4 -- A drama that feels both strenuously earnest and impossible to take seriously. Full Review
Globe and Mail
Jul 12, 2013

Product Description:

Gemma Arterton and Saoirse Ronan star in INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE director Neil Jordan's lavish yet decadent tale of a blood-sucking mother/daughter duo whose dark 200-year history threatens to catch up with them at a run-down hotel on the English coast. Their story begins during the Napoleonic Wars, when young Eleanor (Ronan) is abandoned as Clara (Arterton) falls into a passionate love affair. Two centuries later, demure Eleanor and extroverted Clara are on the run when they seek sanctuary in a dilapidated coastal resort. There, Clara sets her sights on a lonely soul named Noel (Daniel Mays), who has just inherited the Byzantium hotel, a once-thriving inn that has fallen into a sad state of disrepair. Before long, the elder vampire has transformed the Byzantium into a makeshift brothel where she and her young companion can quench their thirst for human blood while maintaining a low profile. Meanwhile, Eleanor falls for Frank (Caleb Landry Jones), a charming young waiter who unwittingly draws out the natural storyteller in her. Amidst a string of mysterious disappearances in the sleepy coastal town, Frank realizes that Eleanor's extraordinary tales are much more than simple fantasy. As Clara and Eleanor's sanguinary past slowly comes into focus, it's only a matter of time before the pair will be forced to either flee once again or face their fates with a sense of dark courage. Jonny Lee Miller and Sam Riley co-star.

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  • Sales Rank: 115,406
  • UPC: 030306988290
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