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A Closed Book (2010)
 
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Director:
Raśl Ruiz |
AKA
Blind
Revenge |
COUNTRY
United
Kingdom |
GENRE
Thriller |
NORWEGIAN TITLE
- |
RUNNING
TIME
88
minutes |
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Producer:
Andrew Somper |
Screenwriter (based
on his novel):
Gilbert Adair |
Review
This hybrid between Sleuth and
Misery finds Tom Conti and Daryl
Hannah in a battle of wits and will in a large British manor house.
Conti plays a famous author left blinded and disfigured after a car
accident in Thailand, Hannah is the mysterious woman he hires to be his
amanuensis. Chilean veteran director Raśl Ruiz (in one of his final
films) wastes no time disclosing that Hannah isn't there for the purest
of reasons; she immediately starts disobeying and counteract her
employer, weirdly enough in rather childish and trivial ways which, the
man's blindness taken into account, appears more ominous for us than for
him (genre conventions, anyone?). The ultimate showdown is inevitable,
and also includes a thematic plot twist, for good measure. It's not
completely ineffective, but it's not exactly groundbreaking either. Tom
Conti does the witty aristocrat well enough without excelling, whereas
Daryl Hannah is a sorry sight, both when it comes to appearance and
performance.
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