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The lead character, Leda, says that she is named for the woman in the W. B. Yeats poem "Leda and the Swan", which Yeats based on the Leda story of Greek mythology. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] In February 2020, Olivia Colman , Jessie Buckley , Dakota Johnson and Peter Sarsgaard were cast in the film. [ 12 ]
Leda and the Swan, ancient fresco from Pompeii. In Greek mythology, Leda (/ ˈ l iː d ə, ˈ l eɪ-/; Ancient Greek: Λήδα [lɛ́ːdaː]) was an Aetolian princess who became a Spartan queen. According to Ovid, she was famed for her beautiful black hair and snowy skin. [1] Her myth gave rise to the popular motif in Renaissance and later art ...
Philadelphia is a 1993 American legal drama film directed and produced by Jonathan Demme, written by Ron Nyswaner, and starring Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington. [2] Filmed on location in its namesake city, it tells the story of attorney Andrew Beckett (Hanks) who comes to ask a personal injury attorney, Joe Miller (Washington), to help him sue his former employer, who fired him after ...
Al Pacino gathered with co-stars Diane Keaton, Andy Garcia and George Hamilton in the screening room at Paramount recently to watch Francis Coppola's reconstituted Mario Puzo's The Godfather: Coda ...
The movie was directed by Barbet Schroeder and starred Meryl Streep as Dr. Carolyn Ryan, Liam Neeson as Ben Ryan, Edward Furlong as Jacob Ryan, and Julia Weldon as Judith Ryan (who also narrated the movie). Alfred Molina, John Heard, and Alison Folland appear in supporting roles.
1972's "The Harder They Come" shook up the world visually and sonically. A half-century later, the film endures as a snapshot of Jamaican life.
Leda's fascination for the couple pushes her to discover more and more about them, also thanks to the young lifeguard Gino. Over the weekend, the family expands with the arrival of other relatives, including Nina's husband, an older and less refined man for whom Leda feels an instant repulsion.
Greater is a 2016 American biographical sports film directed by David Hunt and starring Christopher Severio as American football player Brandon Burlsworth, a walk-on college player who became an All-American, dying in a car crash 11 days after being drafted high in the 3rd round to the National Football League.