Illuminata

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Illuminata

R,

1998,

2h 0m,

Comedy/

Drama

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48%

27 Reviews

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66%

1,000+ Ratings

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27 Reviews

66%

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Tuccio is having problems staging his latest play, "Illuminata." In fact, the production is a melodrama in its own right. The lead actress, Rachel, is his lover. His cast members are ready to mutiny. And a preview of the piece didn't exactly thrill renowned theater critic Umberto Bevalaqua. So it's no wonder Tuccio finds himself susceptible to the seductions of Celimene, a professed admirer.

Lisa Kennedy

Out Magazine

May 25, 2022

llluminata is as luminous, haunting, and intelligent as its leading lady.

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Joe Morgenstern

Wall Street Journal

Apr 4, 2018

Those who share the movie's love of acting will find much to enjoy, though mainly in discrete tableaux.

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Emanuel Levy

Variety

Dec 12, 2006

C

Clearly a labor of love, this sophomore effort from Turturro (a better actor than helmer), about fables and foibles of a tightly knit acting troup at turn of the century New York, is structurally messy and unevenly acted; a step fown from his debut Mac

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

Mar 17, 2024

3/5

…an intensely theatrical experience…a painstaking evocation of the theatre in days gone by…far better than it’s lack of recognition suggests…

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Jeremy Kinser

The Advocate

Apr 19, 2022

Walken's showy turn as a vitriolic theater critic is a good reason to catch Turturro's visually sumptuous but otherwise plodding valentine to the creative process.

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Luke P

May 6, 2018

This is a film that anyone who has ever been in a play will just lov, as I did! The play is certainly the thing in this film, a tribute to the stage and acting as a craft. The cast is excellent and the screenplay outstanding, with deft direction from Turturro. This film is witty, funny, and a serious statement about unidealized love as it is in reality. Don't miss this one!

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John Turturro

Tuccio

Katherine Borowitz

Rachel

Christopher Walken

Bevalaqua

Susan Sarandon

Celimene

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Synopsis

Tuccio is having problems staging his latest play, "Illuminata." In fact, the production is a melodrama in its own right. The lead actress, Rachel, is his lover. His cast members are ready to mutiny. And a preview of the piece didn't exactly thrill renowned theater critic Umberto Bevalaqua. So it's no wonder Tuccio finds himself susceptible to the seductions of Celimene, a professed admirer.

Director: John Turturro
Producer: John Turturro, John Penotti
Screenwriter: Brandon Cole, Brandon Cole
Production Co: Overseas Film Group, CDI, JVC Entertainment, Sogepaq, GreeneStreet Films Inc.
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 6, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $836.6K
Runtime: 2h 0m
Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby Digital

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