Twice Born
The movie tells the story of oft-married Gemma who brings her only child, Pietro to Sarajevo to see where his father died in the Bosnian conflict years ago and finds her memories of a tragic romance stirred.
8 August 1961, Zagreb, Croatia, Yugoslavia
28 May 1962, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia
23 December 1984, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia
3 June 1948, Rome, Lazio, Italy
2 December 1991, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia
13 March 1985, Palms, California, USA
7 September 1955, Zagreb, Croatia, Yugoslavia
22 June 1972, Umbertide, Umbria, Italy
August 20, 2014
Twice Born wants so desperately to be taken seriously that it creates an unnecessarily complex narrative, void of any chemistry-building moments for its romantic leads.
December 06, 2013
Sergio Castellitto's film quickly turns out to be more interested in reveling in the secrets of its storyline than in its sentiments.
December 06, 2013
"Twice Born" chokes to death on its own melodrama.
December 05, 2013
Castellitto clings to the Duraflame fires within for Twice Born, a handsomely crafted but empty feature hoping to recreate Eastern European horror and soap opera intimacy.
December 06, 2013
Yes, it's all as clunky and tasteless as the description suggests, and the awkward casting doesn't improve this overlong drama.
December 06, 2013
Sergio Castellitto's film projects a tumultuous love story against the backdrop of the Bosnian War for independence, and then seems unaware that the foreground overshadows it in the worst possible way.
December 06, 2013
One odd movie, from the casting of its leads to its backdrop to its final twist.
December 06, 2013
A magnificent performance from Penelope Cruz.
December 08, 2013
The type of cinematic slog one watches and thinks, 'This would actually be much more interesting as a book.' And that makes sense, really, since that's its original medium.
December 05, 2013
When setting a love story in a war-torn environment, it's nice to actually recognize the who, what and why of the conflict.
January 02, 2014
It's debatable whether the best love stories are also the "weirdest," as Emile Hirsch's character declares in "Twice Born." But they do require chemistry, the missing piece in his pairing with Penélope Cruz.
December 06, 2013
This European production is thoroughly cheesy and phony, nowhere less so than in its florid, undeliverable dialogue, which sounds like it's been translated, poorly, from various languages into English.
