Taglines: Every dream has its price.
The story of two Cockney brothers (Colin Farrell and Ewan McGregor) in south London and their relationship with a young woman (Hayley Atwell) who lands in London on her search for fortune. She crosses the two men by accident on her path and when one of them falls in love with her, she becomes aware of her power to attract the opposite sex and uses this to the point of leading the two brothers, who are in financial difficulty, into crime, and creating a dangerous rivalry between the two men.
Set in contemporary London, “Cassandra’s Dream” is a powerful and thrilling story about two brothers (Ewan McGregor, Colin Farrell) who are desperate to better their troubled lives. One is a chronic gambler in debt over his head, and the other is a young man in love with a beautiful actress (newcomer Hayley Atwell) he has recently met. Their lives gradually become entangled into a sinister situation with intense and unfortunate results.
Cassandra’s Dream is a 2007 dramatic thriller film written and directed by Woody Allen. Filmed in the United Kingdom, it was released in 2007 in Europe and in January 2008 in the United States. It was developed as a British-French-American co-production. The film was premiered in secret at Avilés, Spain on June 18, 2007.[1] It was officially premiered at the Venice Film Festival on September 2, 2007 and was already in theaters in Spain by November 3.[2] The film had its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 11, 2007.
Cassandra’s Dream (2008)
Directed by: Woody Allen
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Colin Farrell, Tom Wilkinson, Hayley Atwell, Sally Hawkins, Ashley Madekwe, Andrew Howard, Stephen Noonan, Jennifer Higham, Richard Lintern
Screenplay by: Woody Allen
Production Design by: Maria Djurkovic
Cinematography by: Vilmos Zsigmond
Film Editing by: Alisa Lepselter
Costume Design by: Jill Taylor
Set Decoration by: Tatiana McDonald
Art Direction by: Nick Palmer
Music by: Philip Glass
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for thematic elements, some sexual material and brief violence.
Distributed by: The Weinstein Company
Release Date: January 18, 2008
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