Lonely Hearts (2006) (original) (raw)
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Original title
Lonely Hearts
Year
2006
Running time
108 min.
Country
United States
Director
Screenwriter
Cast
Music
Cinematography
Producer
Co-production United States-Germany;
Genre
Film noir. Thriller | Crime. 1940s. Serial Killers. Neo-noir. Based on a true story. Remake
Synopsis
In the 40s, Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez were the most wanted couple in America. Known as the 'Lonely Hearts Killers', these lovers of duplicity, easy money and kinky sex would swindle and viciously murder the war widows and wealthy women unlucky enough to answer the personal ads in which Ray would describe himself as a sexy Latin Lover. Martha posed as his sister. They committed around twenty crimes. Detective Elmer C. Robinson participated in their capture in 1949. Lonely Hearts reconstructs these true facts.
Awards
2006: San Sebastián Film Festival: Official Selection
Critics' reviews
- "While not much of a detective story, Robinson's period film does provide a captivating look at the dynamics that turn Fernandez and Beck into serial killers"
- "'Lonely Hearts' never locates the key to the killers' bloody bond"
- "The story of Fernandez and Beck may be grotesque comedy, but Todd Robinson tells it straight, without flinching from its piteousness, horror, or banality"
- "While the duo's crimes were indeed sensational, writer-director Todd Robinson's starry take on the material fails to provide much in the way of a new perspective"
- "A handsome and well-acted film"
- "Hayek just can't sell the role of a pathetic soul whose deep insecurities turn her into a sociopath. And if she has too much charisma, Leto, as the smooth Lothario, simply doesn't have enough."
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