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Dec 5, 2013 · Emile Hirsch and Penélope Cruz in “Twice Born,” a film that uses the Balkan wars of the early 1990s as a backdrop. Entertainment One Films US, via Associated Press. As an actor, Sergio ...
2 days ago · NYT Critic’s Pick. PG-13. Thriller. Directed by Clint Eastwood. In his latest (and perhaps last) movie as a director, Eastwood casts a skeptical eye at the criminal justice system in a mystery...
Dec 3, 2013 · Time Out says. “The weird love stories are always the best,” asserts war-zone photographer Diego (Emile Hirsch) in actor-director Sergio Castellitto’s tortured melodrama, and it’s less a thesis...
Dec 6, 2013 · Teeming with familiar war-film clichés and at times almost unbearably melodramatic, Twice Born is nevertheless worth the effort, thanks in large part to a magnificent performance from Penelope Cruz and some fine work from the international supporting cast.
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Dec 6, 2013 · Twice Born, a depressing melodrama with epic ambitions, follows Gemma (Penélope Cruz) as she returns with her son, Pietro (Pietro Catellitto), to a now-peaceful Sarajevo after having left her war-torn homeland 16 years ago with him in her arms.
Twice Born (Italian: Venuto al mondo) is a 2012 drama film directed by Sergio Castellitto, which stars Penélope Cruz and Emile Hirsch. It is based on the novel Venuto al mondo by Margaret Mazzantini which won the Premio Campiello literary prize in 2009.
“The weirdest love stories are always the best ones,” says Emile Hirsch’s character, Diego in Twice Born. Weird may not be the best way to describe this sweeping romance, set in the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s. Rather, it’s an intriguing tale, driven by the desire to have a child, that takes place between flashback scenes […]
