Movies directed by Hallström, Lasse

Hoax, The (2006)

Sunday, February 17th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Gere, Richard | Molina, Alfred | Davis, Hope | Harden, Marcia Gay | Tucci, Stanley | Delpy, Julie | Wallach, Eli | Carter, John | Welch, Christopher Evan | Ivanek, Zeljko | Baker, David Aaron | McRobbie, Peter | Bedford Lloyd, John | Okpokwasili, Okwui | Margolin, Stuart
Directors: Hallström, Lasse
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Early in 1971, McGraw-Hill passes on Clifford Irving’s new novel. He’s desperate for money, so, against the backdrop of Nixon’s reelection calculations, Irving claims he has Howard Hughes’s cooperation to write Hughes’s autobiography. With the help of friend Dick Suskind, Irving does research, lucks into a manuscript written by a long-time Hughes associate, and plays on corporate greed. He’s quick-thinking and outrageously bold. Plus, he banks on Hughes’s reluctance to enter the public eye. At the same time, he’s trying to rebuild his marriage and deflect the allure of his one-time mistress, Nina Van Pallandt. Can he write a good book, take the money, and pull off the hoax?

Casanova (2005)

Saturday, February 16th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Ledger, Heath | Miller, Sienna | Irons, Jeremy | Platt, Oliver | Olin, Lena | Djalili, Omid | Greif, Stephen | Stott, Ken | McCrory, Helen | Lawson, Leigh | McInnerny, Tim | Cox, Charlie | Dormer, Natalie | Davis, Philip | Ward, Paddy
Directors: Hallström, Lasse
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Casanova is love with Francesca, who thinks he is a friend of himself even though he is engaged Victoria, who is the love of Giovanni, Francessca’s brother. Francessca is betrothed to Paprizzio who thinks Casanova is the feminist writer Guardi, who is really Francessca’s nomme de plume. Amidst all these secret identities and misunderstandings, the Catholic Church sends Pucci to bring Casanova and Guardi to trial for heresy.

Unfinished Life, An (2005)

Friday, February 15th, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: Germany | USA
Actors: Redford, Robert | Lopez, Jennifer | Freeman, Morgan | Lucas, Josh | Lewis, Damian | Manheim, Camryn | Gardner, Becca | Boyd, Lynda | Brown, R. Nelson
Directors: Hallström, Lasse
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In order to escape from the abusive boy-friend, Gary Winston (Damian Lewis), Jean Gilkyson (Jennifer Lopez) moves with her young daughter Griff Gilkyson (Becca Gardner) without previous notice to the ranch of her father-in-law Einar Gilkyson (Robert Redford) in Wyoming. Jean and Einar are disaffected, since he blames her for the death of his beloved son in a car accident. Einar is taking care of his friend Mitch Bradley (Morgan Freeman), who was attacked and seriously wounded by a bear, and he does not know that he has a grand-daughter. While Mitch heals his wounds and forgives the bear, Einar also changes his feelings regarding Jean, finally understanding that accidents happen and accepting her and loving his grand-daughter.

Shipping News, The (2001)

Friday, February 15th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Romance
Countries: Canada | USA
Actors: Spacey, Kevin | Moore, Julianne | Dench, Judi | Blanchett, Cate | Postlethwaite, Pete | Glenn, Scott | Ifans, Rhys | Pinsent, Gordon | Behr, Jason | Pine, Larry | Arnette, Jeanetta | Joy, Robert | Gainer, Alyssa | Gainer, Lauren
Directors: Hallström, Lasse
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An inksetter in New York, Quoyle returns to his family’s longtime home, a small fishing town in Newfoundland, with his young daughter, after a traumatizing experience with her mother, Petal, who sold her to an illegal adoption agency. Though Quoyle has had little success thus far in life, his shipping news column in the newspaper “The Gammy Bird” finds an audience, and his experiences in the town change his life. Then he meets the widow Wavey…

Chocolat (2000)

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Binoche, Juliette | Molina, Alfred | Depp, Johnny | Moss, Carrie-Anne | Dench, Judi | Parent Koenig, Aurelien | Gil-Martinez, Antonio | Cardona, Hélène | Pratt, Harrison | Connell, Gaelan | Commelin, Elisabeth | Cook, Ron | Tardieu, Guillaume | O'Conor, Hugh | Wood, John | Olin, Lena | Stormare, Peter | Caron, Leslie
Directors: Hallström, Lasse
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1960, small town France. Vianne Rocher and her pre-teen daughter move into town and open a chocolate shop just as lent is beginning. The town’s small-minded mayor can’t accept this and does his best to shut her down, but her warm personality and incredible chocolates manage to win over many townsfolk. Things get shaken up even more when a group of river drifters, led by Roux, stop into town (to the even greater distress of the mayor) and Vianne takes up with him. Meanwhile, she’s been helping Josephine out of her abusive marriage and her equally freethinking landlord, Amande Voisin, get together with her grandson, Luc, whose mother doesn’t approve of Amande’s ways.