Always a “THIRD PERSON” in Relationships
Academy Award
Winner director Paul Haggis (“Crash) once again explores complex characters in
the intriguing interconnected stories in “Third Person” starring Liam Neeson,
Olivia Wilde, Maria Bello, James Franco, Mila Kunis, Adrien Brody, Loan
Chabanol and Moran Atias.
At the core of the story is Liam
Neeson, who plays Michael, a Pulitzer
Prize winning author who has holed himself up in a hotel suite in Paris to
finish his latest book. He recently left
his wife, Elaine (Kim Basinger), and is having a tempestuous affair with an
ambitious young writer, Anna (Olivia Wilde) who has her own agenda.
At the same time, Scott (Adrien Brody), a shady American
businessman, is in Italy to steal designs from fashion houses. Hating
everything Italian, Scott is in search of something decent to eat when he meets
Monika (Moran Atias), a breathtakingly beautiful gypsy, who is about to be
reunited with her young daughter. When the money she has saved to pay her
daughter’s smuggler is stolen, Scott feels compelled to help. They take off together for a dangerous town
in Southern Italy, where Scott starts to suspect that he is the patsy in an
elaborate con game.
Julia (Mila Kunis), an ex-soap opera actress, is caught in a custody
battle for her 6 year-old son with her ex-husband Rick (James Franco), a famous
New York artist. With her support cut off and her legal costs ruinous, Julia is
reduced to working as a maid in the same upscale boutique hotel where she was
once a frequent guest. Julia’s lawyer
Theresa (Maria Bello) has secured Julia one final chance to change the court’s
mind and be reunited with the child she loves.
“Third Person” tells three stories of love, passion, trust and
betrayal, the tales play out in New York, Paris and Rome - three couples who
appear to have nothing in common and only tangential connections. But there is
always a third person in any relationship -- perhaps not romantically, perhaps
you aren't even aware of their existence, but they are there. At its heart, Third Person is much more than
a collection of love stories -- it is a mystery; a puzzle in which truth is
revealed in glimpses, and clues are caught by the corner of your eye -- and
nothing is truly what it seems.
Renowned actress and activist, Bello shares, “Like most of the
characters in this film you don’t really understand who this character is until
it unfolds towards the end. Paul is such
a beautiful writer that the character keeps getting more and more complex, so
in the beginning you think
Theresa’s this straight
arrow lawyer who’s
representing Mila Kunis’ character Julia in her custody case,
but then you find out towards the end that she has her own complication and
pain going on”.
“Paul Haggis has been a dear
friend for ten years, but we’ve never worked together, and I’ve always loved
his writing, so, when I first read this, like, every other script he’s ever
written, I fell in love with it and really, really wanted to do it and I’m so
pleased to be here. It’s fun working
with him but of course there’s this fine line between ‘friend’ who I’ve known
forever, and ‘director’… and he walks that edge so beautifully. He’s incredibly
supportive and has very strong vision about what he wants so, as an actor you
feel very safe in that, and yet very free to express yourself,” Bello says
further.
Find out who ends
up with the “Third Person” when it opens June 18 in theatres from Axinite
Digicinema.
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