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- 2013
- R
- Entertainment One
- 2 h 7 m
- 2013
- R
- Entertainment One
- 2 h 7 m
Summary A single mother brings her teenage son to Sarajevo, where his father, an American photographer, died during the Bosnian War.
Directed By: Sergio Castellitto
Written By: Margaret Mazzantini, Sergio Castellitto
- 2013
- R
- Entertainment One
- 2 h 7 m
- 2013
- R
- Entertainment One
- 2 h 7 m
Twice Born
34
7.4
Where to Watch
Summary A single mother brings her teenage son to Sarajevo, where his father, an American photographer, died during the Bosnian War.
Directed By: Sergio Castellitto
Written By: Margaret Mazzantini, Sergio Castellitto
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
34
15% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
38% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
46% Negative
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
34
15% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
38% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
46% Negative
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
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.
One hundred minutes of snooze-inducing troubled romance eventually gives way to a strange, interesting backstory. It doesn’t manage to recast the preceding feature’s worth of movie in a different light, but instead makes the viewer wish the film had gotten to the end sooner.
Nearly every superficial element of the movie is badly misconceived; it was doomed before the first scene was shot.
Sergio Castellitto's Twice Born irresponsibly appropriates the horrific siege of Sarajevo to serve as aesthetic backdrop for a story that exhibits no real interest in the conflict.
About the only reason to stay with this increasingly histrionic film is to satisfy curiosity about exactly how Diego will (as we learn at the outset) die, but long before we learn that Twice Born chokes to death on its own melodrama.
Dripping with floridly phony dialogue that no actor should be forced to speak, this paternity mystery uses the Bosnian conflict as the manipulative backdrop to a preposterously overwrought and overlong melodrama.
The tragic Balkan conflict of the 1990s is due for a sweeping, important and engaging cinematic remembrance. Twice Born wants to be that movie — a Bosnian “Doctor Zhivago” — but falls short.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 11 User Ratings
7.4
82% Positive
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0% Mixed
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18% Negative
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 11 User Ratings
7.4
82% Positive
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
0% Mixed
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18% Negative
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Production Company
Medusa Film,
Alien Produzioni,
Mod Producciones,
Picomedia,
Telecinco Cinema,
Sky Cinema,
Mediaset,
Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali (MiBAC),
Banca Nazionale del Lavoro,
Film Investment Piedmont (FIP),
Film Commission Torino-Piemonte,
Regione Lazio
Release Date Dec 6, 2013
Duration 2 h 7 m
Rating R
Tagline A story of love. A story of war. A story of life.
Awards
David di Donatello Awards
• 2 Nominations
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
• 2 Nominations
San Sebastián International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
