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Bugie geniali

Titolo originale: Brilliant Lies
  • 1996
  • R
  • 1h 34min
VALUTAZIONE IMDb
6,0/10
373
LA TUA VALUTAZIONE
Anthony LaPaglia and Gia Carides in Bugie geniali (1996)
Drama

Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaSusy Conner accuses former employer, Gary Fitzgerald, of harassment and unfair dismissal for failing to comply with his sexual demands. Relating the incident to conciliation lawyer, Marion L... Leggi tuttoSusy Conner accuses former employer, Gary Fitzgerald, of harassment and unfair dismissal for failing to comply with his sexual demands. Relating the incident to conciliation lawyer, Marion Lee, Susy comments that the trauma experienced should entitle her to a compensation payment... Leggi tuttoSusy Conner accuses former employer, Gary Fitzgerald, of harassment and unfair dismissal for failing to comply with his sexual demands. Relating the incident to conciliation lawyer, Marion Lee, Susy comments that the trauma experienced should entitle her to a compensation payment of $40,000.00.

  • Regia
    • Richard Franklin
  • Sceneggiatura
    • Peter Fitzpatrick
    • Richard Franklin
    • David Williamson
  • Star
    • Gia Carides
    • Anthony LaPaglia
    • Zoe Carides
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  • VALUTAZIONE IMDb
    6,0/10
    373
    LA TUA VALUTAZIONE
    • Regia
      • Richard Franklin
    • Sceneggiatura
      • Peter Fitzpatrick
      • Richard Franklin
      • David Williamson
    • Star
      • Gia Carides
      • Anthony LaPaglia
      • Zoe Carides
    • 15Recensioni degli utenti
    • 2Recensioni della critica
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    Interpreti principali29

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    Gia Carides
    Gia Carides
    • Susy Connor
    Anthony LaPaglia
    Anthony LaPaglia
    • Gary Fitzgerald
    Zoe Carides
    Zoe Carides
    • Katy Connor
    Ray Barrett
    Ray Barrett
    • Brian Connor
    Michael Veitch
    • Paul Connor
    Catherine Wilkin
    Catherine Wilkin
    • Marion Lee
    Neil Melville
    Neil Melville
    • Vince
    Jennifer Jarman-Walker
    • Ruth Miller
    Grant Tilly
    • Steve Lovett
    Beverley Dunn
    • President
    Brad Lindsay
    • Registrar
    Barry Friedlander
    • Mr. Burton
    Iain Murton
    • Mr. Hall
    Tim Elston
    • Young Brian
    Natalie Gauci
    • Young Katy
    • (as Natalie Gauchi)
    Emily-Jane Romig
    Emily-Jane Romig
    • Young Susy
    Daniel Holten
    • Young Paul
    Lisa Aldenhoven
    Lisa Aldenhoven
    • Stephanie Fitzgerald
    • Regia
      • Richard Franklin
    • Sceneggiatura
      • Peter Fitzpatrick
      • Richard Franklin
      • David Williamson
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    Recensioni degli utenti15

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    7danewport

    Good movie, but differs from the stage show

    I did this play in 2000 here in New Zealand and had a great time.

    Cast as Paul Connor, I got a chance to play a very different role to what i had been used to. I had not seen or heard of the movie before doing the play, so had no idea how different my portrayal of Paul was to the movie.

    I chose to play Paul as a beaten down, almost wimpy character that had been endlessly picked on by his sisters when he was growing up, then to be stuck with his 'Christian' wife only added to the torment inflicted on him by his sisters.

    As I said, I had immense fun with this play and as a result earned rave reviews from my direction who said I captured the essence of Paul magnificently.

    I would love to direct this play one day as I believe the subject matter is timeless.
    4allyjack

    Very cliched, flat drama

    Very cliched, flat drama shows all its stagy origins while making you wonder how it ever hung together as a theatrical piece - nothing is subtle or implied; it all sits out in the open, almost instantly superficial and unnuanced (despite the ambiguity surrounding the ultimate truth of the case), and shot in a flat way that does nothing to elevate it. Carides' performance is hard to read, which in part is deliberate but in this context ultimately leaves you out in limbo; LaPaglia's role is largely reactive; Barrett is just awful (although awful in a way so common in Australian movies that it may - shudder the thought - be quite realistic) as the father, and the movie's echoes of Oleanna (in the issue of who's telling the truth, the overall staginess, and in the feeling that she may be crazy or unreasonable) are unhelpful in that they expose the unelevated language and general clunkiness of this version, to its considerable detriment. The film certainly doesn't contribute anything to the cinema of sexual politics (unless it be the modest benefit of an "Australian perspective").
    3Spleen

    Nothing about this is brilliant.

    David Williamson has written some very good plays, but even the best of them can't be removed from the stage without wilting. This is not one of the best of them.

    To be honest, it feels as though it's been cranked out. "Let me write a play (or script) about ..." Williamson thinks for a moment, fixes on "workplace sexual harassment", starts banging away that very instant at the typewriter, sticks to the scenic formula that's worked so well in the past, throws in a revelation of some kind every few pages, and it's done. The result is not at all brilliant. (Nor are the lies brilliant. Don't expect Baron Münchhausen, is all I'm saying.) Even so, it probably works well enough on stage.

    But it's not on stage and it flat as a lilypad. Michael Veitch plays the part of the family Christian who no-one takes seriously in a manner that might also work on stage, but which is embarrassingly cartoony here. (It's possible to count and catalogue his mannerisms.) Principle leads are competent but don't shine. Direction is leaden. Now and then the action moves out of doors or down the corridor - as if that could possibly help matters.

    If I were to say that it's boring I might mislead you. Williamson's craft ensures that it's not at all likely to induce sleep, and it's possibly worth watching as a way of passing an hour and a half; but any other film at all, provided it's one that's not positively bad, would serve just as well.
    6kacee4

    Good acting, mediocre script, LaPaglia spooked me!

    This tale of workplace sexual harassment is an interesting study on how people lie, cajole, and manipulate in order to get what they want. Unfortunately, the script glosses over too many potential areas of deeper insight, leaving the audience somewhat unsatisfied. Perhaps this is because it is based on a play - indeed, the dialogue and staging often resembles theatre more than usual film structure - and therefore the audience is expected to provide more of their own interpretation to fill in gaps left by the writer. The family dynamic and examination of parental sexual abuse is particularly poorly done; it felt tacked on and shallow.

    I found the opening music to be entirely wrong for setting the ambiance of the film; the music is silly and light, whereas the film is not.

    LaPaglia and the Carides sisters are fabulous in this movie. Gia Carides is good as a party girl who is desperate to convince an arbitrator and tribunal that she really was victimized by her boss, playing out the old "whatever we wear, wherever we go, yes means yes and no means no" chant. Zoe Carides does a wonderful job portraying the feminist sister caught between being supportive and wondering just how much of the story really is true.

    LaPaglia is the nasty boss, and so thoroughly wonderful in the role that I got chills. I'm a LaPaglia fan and generally prefer it when he plays nice but flawed guys, so in this case his loathsome character really got to me. It's a testament to his mastery of his craft that I found it hard to look at him by the end of the movie - and this is a guy I have as my desktop wallpaper! In particular, a line towards the end of the film was delivered with such malice that remembering it is making me uncomfortable even this many hours later. It's not an easy performance to watch, but I do recommend it nonetheless.

    The greatest comfort to combat the on-screen unpleasantness is that LaPaglia and Gia Carides are a seemingly happy married couple!

    I would say that this film is recommended for LaPaglia and Gia Carides fans, but not the best sample of either of their work. The two were also together in Paperback Romance, which is a completely different genre but much more entertaining.
    5=G=

    A poor treatment of an important issue

    "Brilliant Lies", which seems to be trying to make a statement about the sexual assault of females, begins as a tale of workplace sex harassment and stumbles around somewhere between "All In the Family" and a soap opera by film's end. A journeyman Aussie flick farught with stereotypical superficial characters, "BL" is a mediocre watch at best with more to fault than favor. D+

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      The end credits song, performed by Australian singer Kate Ceberano, with music by Nerida Tyson-Chew and lyrics by Richard Franklin, was nominated for Best Original Song for a Feature Film, Mini-Series, Telemovie or TV Series, at the 1997 Australian Guild of Screen Composers Awards.
    • Citazioni

      Brian Conner: You know what the most disappointing thing in my life is? That you became a bloody Christian! Ahh, Son, there is no God!

      Paul Conner: How can you say that?

      Brian Conner: Because if there was he'd be bright enough not to recruit the two of you! How can anyone believe that this appalling fruzey, humiliating state of interpersonal warfare we call life is designed by some all loving God! Shit!

    • Connessioni
      Featured in Brilliant Lies: Featurette (1996)
    • Colonne sonore
      BRILLIANT LIES
      Music by Nerida Tyson-Chew & Rajan Kamahi

      Lyrics by Richard Franklin

      Vocals by Kate Ceberano

      Produced & Engineered by Ashley Cadell

      Music recorded and mixed at Chartbound Sound, Melborne

      Vocals recorded at John Reynolds Recording Studio, Adelaide

      Available on Mushroom Records

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    • Data di uscita
      • 8 agosto 1996 (Australia)
    • Paese di origine
      • Australia
    • Sito ufficiale
      • Umbrella Entertainment - DVD (Australia)
    • Lingua
      • Inglese
    • Celebre anche come
      • Brilliant Lies
    • Luoghi delle riprese
      • National Golf Club, Cape Schanck, Victoria, Australia(critical scene between Gary and Vince)
    • Aziende produttrici
      • Bayside Pictures
      • Beyond Films
      • Horizon Films
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