Theater Averages: 2001 is Louder than the CompetitionĢ001: A Space Odyssey returned to the top of the theater average chart earning an average of $18,969 in 5 theaters. In the end, I went with Dark Matter as the Pick of the Week. There are a few contenders for Pick of the Week, including the final season of Dark Matter a dark comedy, The Death of Stalin and an Anime release, Re:Zero - Starting Life in Another World. The “biggest†new release of the week is Pacific Rim: Uprising, but it is not worth picking up. Summer is the worst time of the year for the home market and this week is no exception. In the end, I rolled a dice and Blockers came out on top. It’s not the only contender, as both Dietrich and von Sternberg in Hollywood: The Criterion Collection and JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Set 2: Stardust Crusades Arc are also worthy of that title. The DVD or Blu-ray Combo Pack is a contender for Pick of the Week, thanks in part to the lack of competition. Blockers is the biggest first-run release of the week, and also the best. We are deep into the summer doldrums on the home market. International Cumulative Box Office Records Radar Pictures, Shivhans Pictures, Bleecker Street R for language, some violence and a brief nude image.ġ970s, 1980s, C.I.A., Diplomats, Civil War, Israeli Palestinian Conflict, Terrorism, Sundance Film Festival 2018 June 19th, 2018 by Universal Home Entertainment May 4th, 2018 (Wide), released as Beirute - O Resgate ( Portugal) See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records.Īpril 11th, 2018 (Wide) by Bleecker StreetĪpril 19th, 2018 (Wide), released as ТОЧКРÐÐ Editing is a distinct problem, incapable of standing up to a multistrand narrative where suspicions and misconstrued signals are such an integral part of the equation.All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 6,301-6,400)Īll Time International Box Office (Rank 7,301-7,400)Īll Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 8,001-8,100)Īll Time Domestic Box Office for R Movies (Rank 2,101-2,200)Īll Time International Box Office for R Movies (Rank 1,701-1,800)Īll Time Worldwide Box Office for R Movies (Rank 2,301-2,400) Mathieu’s character needs filling out, and while Zoha is given more of a personality - sensual, conflicted, involved and yet marginalized - she’s only intermittently three-dimensional. The device is only marginally successful.
Toward the pic’s end, a character unnecessarily verbalizes the impossibility of truly knowing Lebanon - a concept Arbid (“A Lost Man”) attempts to mirror in her plot, which keeps deliberately unclear not just whose side people are on, but how many sides there are. News reports of a kidnapping are woven into the story’s background, reinforcing the sense of a nation coming apart. Zoha, meanwhile, moves between Beirut’s chic watering holes and Mathieu’s hotel bed, a woman used to living with the sensation that no one can ever completely negotiate the labyrinthine game of loyalties and betrayals that’s become a feature of Lebanon’s political and social landscape. Mathieu finds himself followed by competing security services, one headed by Zoha’s uncle, while her separated husband, Hicham (Rodney El Haddad), is also on his tail. Mathieu says he doesn’t have that kind of embassy contact, but Abbas is convinced he’s in danger and needs the visa to escape. Now Abbas needs Mathieu to return the favor: He’s got information on Lebanese premier Rafik Hariri’s assassination and wants to sell what he knows to the French government for a visa out. Before departing, he’s visited by Abbas (Fadi Abi Samra), an acquaintance who helped him out of a sticky situation three years earlier. Mathieu is on his way to Syria to negotiate contracts for a French telecom company. She’s wary yet attracted, lingering in his hotel room after Rabih has left. Following a singing gig, Zoha (Darine Hamze) meets friend Rabih (Karl Sarafidis) at a bar where she’s eyed by Mathieu (Charles Berling). From the start, visuals contribute to an atmosphere of unease that perhaps could be taken further than Arbid chooses.
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