Lantana (2001)

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Rating: R
Release Date: Dec 14, 2001
Running Time: 121 mins. (V)
Country Of Origin: Australia
Country Of Origin: Germany
director: Ray Lawrence
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Lantana
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Plagued with grief over the murder of her daughter, Valerie Sommers suspects that her husband John is cheating on her. When Valerie disappears, Detective Leon Zat and his partner Claudia attempt to solve the mystery of her absence. As they investigate, a complex web of love, sex and deceit emerges- drawing in four related couples whose various partners are distrustful and suspicious about each other's involvement.
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The lives of four different couples crisscross in a labyrinth of love, sex and deceit when a detective investigates a missing persons report.

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Set in Sydney, Australia, the story revolves around Leon (Anthony LaPaglia), a police detective in his mid-40s, who is married with two teenage sons. He struggles to keep his life under control but feels it slipping away from him, especially after he has a fling with a woman, Jane (Rachael Blake), whom he meets in a dancing class he is taking with… Continued

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December 20, 2001
Lantana is a hothouse thriller of tangled sexuality. Set in Australia, the film pivots on a woman's murder. But director Ray Lawrence (Bliss) and screenwriter Andrew Bovell are more interested in the four couples linked to the case. Anthony LaPaglia plays Leon, a cop who cheats on his wife, Sonja (Kerry Armstrong). Sonja vents to her therapist, Valerie (Barbara Hershey), whose marriage to John (Geoffrey Rush) has been shattered by tragedy. Leon's affair with Jane (Rachael Blake), split from her… Continued
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Ray Lawrence
Director
Anthony LaPaglia
Detective Leon Zat
Geoffrey Rush
John Knox
Barbara Hershey
Doctor Valerie Somers
Kerry Armstrong
Sonja Zat
Rachael Blake
Jane O'May
Vince Colosimo
Nik D'Amato
Russell Dykstra
Michael
Daniela Farinacci
Paula D'Amato
Peter Phelps
Patrick Phelan
Leah Purcell
Claudia Weis
Andrew Bovell
Screenplay
Andrew Bovell
Source Material
Jan Chapman
Producer
Rainer Mockert
Executive Producer
Mikael Borglund
Executive Producer

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