cifan
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Post by cifan on Oct 14, 2006 15:38:37 GMT -5
Has anyone seen this film? I would like to see it, but is isn't available at my local video store. Is it worth ordering on Ebay or Amazon?
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Post by madger on Nov 26, 2006 14:38:35 GMT -5
Finally saw this.
Isabel (Gretta Sacchi) is the wife of a Cuban political prisoner, Nestor (jimmy Smits) She is rescued by Sam (VDO) from a sinking raft with her baby daughter. Eight years later she is in love with Sam when Nestor is freed and she has to decide between the two. Nestor also has to decide between family and political activism. This is a very simplified synopsis.
If you are a huge VDO fan, buy this, he is at his most gorgeous. If you are short on funds, buy it used or on VHS since there are no special features on the DVD.
It is okay, not great, Jimmy Smits kind of sleepwalks through this while VDO sizzles and pops...If I were in Isabel's shoes I would have made a different choice, but that's just me.
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Post by ragincajun on Mar 15, 2007 11:21:06 GMT -5
I agree Madger, Not sure how many years she was with her husband before he was arrested, but seems, Sam and she had almost 8 yrs together. Also I find the daughter was to willing to accept her father whom she didn't know and forget about Sam who had been more of a father figure by looking at the pictures. Seemed really unrealistic.
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Post by tina70 on Mar 20, 2007 5:19:29 GMT -5
Has anyone seen this film? I would like to see it, but is isn't available at my local video store. Is it worth ordering on Ebay or Amazon? I just saw it recently. I wouldn't pay a lot of money for it. The best part of it was watching VDO. Jimmy Smits (whom I also like) came across as rather wooden. The story is a bit contrived and I thought false. |
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Post by DonnaJo on Mar 20, 2007 8:27:53 GMT -5
Creepiest scene - the camera goes back & forth between a hot sex scene with Vincent & Greta, then Greta & Jimmy; back & forth, back & forth. I guess to show her being ambivalent & torn between her two lovers.
Which tells me that she really doesn't truly love either one of them. If so, how could you flit back & forth like that? Sacci tries to portray Isabel as a virtuous patriot, mother & wife. What results, IMO, is her coming across like a weak, self-absorbed slut.
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Post by nwchimom on Mar 20, 2007 12:15:37 GMT -5
I haven't seen the movie. I do remember reading that it had been cut and edited in such a way that it ended up looking like a sex movie.
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Post by Techguy on Jan 31, 2008 0:41:48 GMT -5
Thanks to www.thereelvincentdonofrio.com for mentioning that this movie will air on the Encore Love channel in February. I checked the website and the schedule is:
Saturday Feb. 2 @ 1:50AM ET
Friday Feb. 8 @ 3AM ET
Monday Feb. 18 @ 12:50AM ET
Wednesday Feb. 27 @ 12:30AM ET
The movie stars Jimmy Smits, Greta Scacchi, and Vincent D'Onofrio.
Here is the IMDb page for reference.
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Post by annabelleleigh on Jul 14, 2008 16:15:45 GMT -5
Set your TiVos -- you can catch "Fires Within" on the Encore Love channel this month at these times:
Friday, July 18, 2008 at 12:35 AM ET
Thursday, July 31, 2008 at 12:30 AM ET
IMHO, this low-budget, high-minded, faux-arty film about Cuban ex-pats has as much realism as a telenovella -- but it is entertaining to watch the young, virile Vincent D'Onofrio fight for the love of the young, ravishing Greta Scacchi in one of their semi-nude seawater-logged movie trysts.
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Post by annabelleleigh on Jul 15, 2008 11:58:27 GMT -5
'The Thirteeth Floor" is also available on cable this month. I will post times in the appropriate thread.
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