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Un film di John Crowley.
Con Thelma Barlow, Michael Caine, Linzey Cocker, Adam Drinkall, Anne-Marie Duff.
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Drammatico,
- Gran Bretagna 2008.
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Betsy Sharkey
The Los Angeles Times
It is a trembly and vulnerable Michael Caine that we see in "Is Anybody There?," a finely drawn and gentle British drama propelled by another of the star's unforgettable screen portraits.
Caine plays Clarence, an aging magician struggling to keep hold of his dignity and his mind in the face of the pitiless approach of old age. He's been packed off to Lark Hall, an old-age home in a small seaside town, a sort of boarding house for those not far from whatever eternity awaits them. What Clarence discovers is an unexpected friendship with Edward (Bill Milner), an inquisitive but pensive 10-year-old whose family runs and lives in the house with a clientele that is forever departing. [...]
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