The Lovers (2013 film)
The Lovers | |
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Directed by | Roland Joffé |
Screenplay by | Roland Joffé |
Story by | Ajey Jhankar |
Produced by | Paul Breuls Guy J Louthan Dale G Bradley Catherine Vandeleene |
Starring | Josh Hartnett Bipasha Basu Alice Englert Tamsin Egerton Abhay Deol |
Cinematography | Michael Coulter Ben Nott |
Edited by | John Scott |
Music by | Dirk Brossé |
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Distributed by | Corsan World Sales IFC Films (US) |
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Running time | 109 minutes |
Country | Belgium |
Language | English |
Budget | $27 million[1] |
The Lovers (previously known as Singularity, released in the UK as Time Traveller and in Belgium under the French title La Prophétie de l'anneau) is a 2013 Belgian romance time travel adventure film written and directed by Roland Joffé from a story by Ajey Jhankar. The film stars Josh Hartnett, Indian actress Bipasha Basu in her only foreign film to date, Alice Englert, Tamsin Egerton and Abhay Deol in lead roles. The film is the tale of an impossible romance set against the backdrop of the first Anglo-Maratha war across two time periods and continents and centred on four characters—a British officer in 18th century British India, the Indian woman he falls deeply in love with, and a 21st-century American marine archeologist and his wife.[2]
Plot
In 2020, marine archeologist Jay Fennel (
Cast
- Josh Hartnett as Jay Fennel and James Stewart
- Bipasha Basu as Tulaja Naik
- Tamsin Egerton as Laura Fennel, Jay's wife
- James Mackay as Charles Stewart, James' brother
- Alice Englert as Dolly
- Simone Kessell as Clara Coldstream
- Abhay Deol as Udaji[3][4]
- Aegina de Vas as Queen Jamnabai
- Andrea Deck as Ali[5]
- Matthew Beard as Matt
- Bille Brown[6]
- Steve Nicolson as Yost
- Vijay Thombre as Desai
- Yateen Karyekar as Mudhoji Killedar
- Shane Briant as Governor Hornby, the governor of Bombay[7]
- Claire van der Boom[6]
- Roshan Seth as Guru Dev (uncredited)
- Atul Kulkarni as Raoji[8]
- Milind Gunaji as Shiv
- Vijay Thombre as Havaldar Desai, Captain James Stewart's right-hand man[9][10]
- Tehmina Sunny as Sonubai
- Mahesh Jadu as the Assassin
Production
The Lovers was produced by Paul Breuls' Corsan NV, Dale G. Bradley's Limelight International Media Entertainment, Wei Han's Bliss Media and co-financed by Ajey Jhankar's Neelmudra Entertainment. Sales outfit Corsan World Sales, a division of Corsan NV, is handling international sales. Previously known as The Invaders, the film was in works from the late 1990s and was due originally to feature Hollywood actors
Release
A preview trailer for the film premiered on 6 December 2011 at the 11th annual
References
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- ^ "Andrea Deck Interview". Movie-Eye. Sima Moussavian. 27 October 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
- ^ a b "Josh Hartnett and Olga Kurylenko filming in Brisbane for Singularity". The Courier-Mail. Tristan Swanwick. 16 November 2010. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
- ^ "Bram Stoker Horror Film Festival - Shane Briant discusses his upcoming movie project 'Singularity'". The Black Box Club. 17 October 2010. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
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- ^ "'The Invaders' Changed To 'Singularity'". SmasHits. 2008. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
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- ^ a b "Ben Nott: untangling the Notts". Screen Hub. Anne Richey. 13 October 2010. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
- ^ "Hippie hip! Bipasha Basu on being Dum Maaro Dum's Zoe and why she's chosen to clam up about John and Rana". The Telegraph India. Pratim D. Gupta. 5 April 2011. Archived from the original on 8 April 2011. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
- ^ "India Calling". India Today. Priyanka Sood & Nishat Bari. 11 March 2011. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
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- ^ "Bips wraps up first Hollywood film". Hindustan Times. Prashant Singh. 4 August 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2011.[dead link]
- ^ "Bipasha wraps up Singularity". Bolly Spice. Meera Sharma. 5 August 2011. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
- ^ If Magazine, 16/03/2012: Singularity may be set for more filming Retrieved 2013-03-06
- ^ Film Business Asia: 6 March 2013: Singularity is singularly troubled Retrieved 2013-03-06
- ^ If Magazine, 18/06/2012: "Singularity: further filming taking place in the UK" Retrieved 2013-03-06
- ^ If Magazine, 21/09/2012: Singularity creditors still waiting for payment Retrieved 2013-03-06
- ^ "Corsan on board for Silence". ScreenDaily. Geoffrey Macnab. 19 May 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
- ^ "Best of Master Class Roland Joffé". Festival International du Film de Marrakech 2011 (in French). FIFM. 6 December 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2011.
- ^ "The Lovers". corsanfilms.com. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014.
- ^ "The Lovers by Roland Joffé – Market screening from Corsan - Filmfestivals.com". filmfestivals.com.
- ^ Qateel, Nav (8 June 2016). "Time Traveller (2015) Review". Influx Magazine. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
External links
- The Lovers at IMDb
- The Lovers at Box Office Mojo
- The Lovers at Rotten Tomatoes
- International Sales (Corsan World Sales)