Author: DVD

Brand: STUDIO DISTRIBUTION SERVI

Format: Closed Captioned

Release Date: 2002-02-18

Details: Product Description Drama. When a respected New York homicide detective (Robert De Niro) discovers the prime suspect in a murder case is his estranged son (James Franco), he is forced to return home to the decaying boardwalks of Long Beach, Long Island to confront the darkness of his past. During the course of the investigation, he realizes that his failures as a father - and his unresolved anguish about the painful estrangement - have deeply influenced his son's life, and he must put his own life on the line in order to do right by both his family and his profession. Amazon.ca Feature film of the World Film Festival in 2002, City by the Sea ( A City by the Sea), directed by Michael Caton-Jones, is a dramatic investigation that above all gives the opportunity to see Robert De Niro again in the police universe that has been so familiar to him since his debut. 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: 085392208227

EAN: 0085392208227

Languages: English

Binding: DVD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood