Liverpool
Argentina, France, Netherlands, Germany, Spain
2008
84 Min
Color
1.85:1
Spanish
Synopsis
During an Atlantic crossing, Farrel asks the captain of the freighter he is sailing on for permission to go ashore at the next port of call: he wants to visit the place where he was born to find out if his mother is still alive. Farrel has been a seaman for 20 years. He has always drunk himself blind and paid for the women he slept with. He never made a friend. When he reaches the snowbound town where he lived his early childhood years, he discovers that his mother is still alive but also that there’s another member to the family. –Quinzaine des Réalisateurs
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Lisandro Alonso
Born in Buenos Aires in 1975, Lisandro Alonso studied at the Universidad del Cine (FUC) and co-directed in 1995 with Catriel Vildosola his first short film Dos en la Vereda (1995). After working as assistant sound engineer in many short films and a few features and as assistant director of Nicolas Sarquis for his film Sobre la Tierra, Lisandro Alonso returned to directing, making his first feature. In 2003 he founded 4L, a production company based in Buenos Aires, to produce his own films. Lisandro Alonso’s first feature La Libertad (2001) was chosen for the Festival de Cannes (Un Certain Regard). His most recent productions, Los Muertos (2004) and Fantasma (2006), were also invited to Cannes, premiering in the Director’s Fortnight. —The Match Factory
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Judicial Joe
14Jan12
The first twenty minutes are a perfect illustration of the essential loneliness of the sailor. After that it's just ok - tragic but not compelling.
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Alexander Peacock
25May11
After the abysmal Fantasma and the uneven Los Muertos I doubted this one was going to be good, or on a level to La Libertad... but he seems to have learnt from his previous experiments and crafted a great film. The long takes of traveling, eating, picking things up etc all feel natural unlike in Fantasma where it feels pointless... The ending was the only let down for me... I prefer when Alonso keeps away plot...
David M.K.
31Jan11
Pretentious and unengaging. Not everyone can get away with minimalism. Lisandro Alonso, I'm lookin' at you.
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By Daniel Kasman on September 6, 2009
It is difficult for me to qualify what it is about Liverpool I find so overwhelming, one of the great films of our times. Some time ago
Now in Theaters: "Liverpool" (Alonso, Argentina)
By Daniel Kasman on September 6, 2009
It is difficult for me to qualify what it is about Liverpool I find so overwhelming, one of the great films of our times. Some time ago
The Auteurs Daily: Liverpool
By David Hudson on September 1, 2009
"Like his debut feature, Los Muertos (2004), Argentine filmmaker Lisandro Alonso's Liverpool (2008) is a work of rugged solitude
TIFF REVIEW: LIVERPOOL
By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
“And you want to keep moving / and you want to stay still / but lost in the moment some longing gets filled…”—Joni Mitchell, “Barangrill” They say the cleanest line of nature is the horizon and whether
TIFF REVIEW: LIVERPOOL
By Twitchfilm.net on July 16, 2010
“And you want to keep moving / and you want to stay still / but lost in the moment some longing gets filled…”—Joni Mitchell, “Barangrill” They say the cleanest line of nature is the horizon and whether
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