The Aspern Papers

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The Aspern Papers

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2019,

1h 31m,

Drama

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In 19th-century Venice, Italy, ambitious editor Morton Vint tries to get his hands on poet Jeffrey Aspern's romantic letters to Juliana Bordereau -- his beautiful muse and lover.

Tim Cogshell

FilmWeek (LAist)

Sep 14, 2019

This isn't very good but for the Redgrave family... They just eat the scenery.

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Glenn Kenny

RogerEbert.com

Jan 11, 2019

1.5/4

[A] peculiar and ineffectual film.

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Thelma Adams

AARP Movies for Grownups

Jan 11, 2019

3/5

The drama features opulent production design (the floral arrangements!), providing ample eye candy for fans of period movies.

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Hagan Osborne

FILMINK (Australia)

Apr 1, 2021

8/20

...a woefully melodramatic and ill-conceived tale of obsession that fails to boil past a simmer.

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Natasha Alvar

MovieBabble

Mar 7, 2021

C+

I will applaud the movie on one thing; it has made me want to read the book again. Henry James, here I come.

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Diana Mangas

Los Interrogantes

Jan 3, 2021

4/10

Its greatest burden will be its terrible direction of actors that will only get each of its three protagonists to do what they consider appropriate with the character they have in hand. [Full review in Spanish]

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Apr 9, 2019

I thought JRM did a wonderful job but got no credit!

Jan 18, 2019

When I reached the midpoint of the movie, I realized I could leave or shoot myself--it was that bad.

Albus L

Aug 31, 2018

Dreadful piece of film, of that there is little question. But the story and language are far more at fault than the performances. Visually stunning for sure and I believe these normally outstanding actors do their best with what they are given. Kind of fun to see Rhys Meyers channeling his Dracula charachter, Alexander Grayson. Close your eyes and they are one and the same. Unfortunate that this wonderful group of actors were given this lackluster story to tell. It reminds me of a comment I heard after a screening of The Dead: "They could have saved a lot of money and done it in slides."

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Julien Landais

Director

Jonathan Rhys-Meyers

Morton Vint

Joely Richardson

Miss Tina

Vanessa Redgrave

Juliana Bordereau

Lois Robbins

Mrs. Prest

Jon Kortajarena

Jeffrey Aspern

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In 19th-century Venice, Italy, ambitious editor Morton Vint tries to get his hands on poet Jeffrey Aspern's romantic letters to Juliana Bordereau -- his beautiful muse and lover.

Director: Julien Landais
Producer: Julien Landais, Gabriela Bacher
Screenwriter: Hannah Bhuiya, Julien Landais, Jean Pavans
Distributor: Cohen Media Group
Production Co: Summerstorm Entertainment, Cohen Media Group
Rating: R (Some Sexuality/Nudity)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 11, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 11, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA): $9.3K
Runtime: 1h 31m

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