Author: Brad Gray

Format: NTSC

Release Date: 2002-02-18

Details: Amazon.ca Star film of the World Film Festival in 2002, City by the Sea (A city near the sea), directed by Michael Caton-Jones, is a dramatic investigation which above all gives the opportunity to see Robert De Niro again in the police universe that has been so familiar to him since his beginnings. Vince La Marca is a homicide cop in New York City. At 50, his life seems uninteresting to him, until he comes across the main suspect in a murder, his son, addicted to crack cocaine. His duties as a father and as a policeman then come into conflict, especially as Vince recalls the execution of his own father for the murder of a child. Inspired by a true story, City by the Sea tries to explore too many dramatic knots at once: the decrepitude of Long Beach, an abandoned seaside resort and theater of these events, the existence of a "gene" murderer in the La Marca family, Vince's suppressed emotions. Instead of focusing on one element, the film touches on them all. Fortunately, there are still the actors: because even if Frances McDormand, who is too rare on the big screen, and Robert De Niro are underused here compared to their possibilities, their presence is enough to give City by the Sea a healthy consistency. . --Helen Faradji

UPC: 085392451418

EAN: 0085392451418

Languages: English

Binding: DVD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood