Byzantium (2012) (original) (raw)

In director Neil Jordan's vampire thriller a mother and daughter struggle to hide their bloody secret from their adopted community. Having survived for over 200 years, itinerant single mother Clara (Gemma Arterton) and her daughter Eleanor (Saoirse Ronan) are offered shelter at the down-at-heel Byzantium guest house when they arrive at a rundown seaside resort. Whilst her cold-hearted mother plies her trade as a prostitute to keep their heads above water and indulges her bloodletting at any opportunity, Eleanor wrestles with keeping her secret from her latest love, Frank (Caleb Landry Jones). ...(more)

In director Neil Jordan's vampire thriller a mother and daughter struggle to hide their bloody secret from their adopted community. Having survived for over 200 years, itinerant single mother Clara (Gemma Arterton) and her daughter Eleanor (Saoirse Ronan) are offered shelter at the down-at-heel Byzantium guest house when they arrive at a rundown seaside resort. Whilst her cold-hearted mother plies her trade as a prostitute to keep their heads above water and indulges her bloodletting at any opportunity, Eleanor wrestles with keeping her secret from her latest love, Frank (Caleb Landry Jones). But when the truth finally spreads its way through the local population, the arrival of two strangers belonging to an all-male vampire sect known as 'The Brotherhood' heralds a reckoning neither woman is prepared for. (less)

Director: Neil Jordan
Writer: Moira Buffini
Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Gemma Arterton, Barry Cassin, Tom Hollander, Sam Riley, Caleb Landry Jones
Producers: Sam Englebardt, Elizabeth Karlsen, Stephen Woolley, William D. Johnson, Alan Moloney, Sharon Harel

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Review by Brian Orndorf, June 27, 2013

6 / 10

�Byzantium� marks the return of director Neil Jordan to the realm of vampire stories, have previously helmed one of the more famous entries in the subgenre, 1994�s �Interview with a Vampire.� It�s an interesting homecoming lacking star power and a blockbuster budget, yet there�s atmosphere to spare in this curious mediation on manipulation and imprisonment, with a healthy dose of poisonous sex appeal to complete the elaborate arc of seduction. It�s a strange film, often in a manner that encourages interest in the story, but Jordan eventually loses his concentration in the third act, reducing t ...read more...

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