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‘Longing’ Review: Richard Gere Flounders as a Businessman Who Discovers He Fathered a Son 19 Years Ago
Writer-director Savi Gabizon’s tedious English-language remake of his own 2017 Israeli film 'Longing' turns out awkwardly tone-deaf.
However, he starts to discover more about his child’s life through Allen’s best friend Mikey (Wayne Burns), girlfriend Lillian (Jessica Clement), French teacher Alice ( Diane Kruger) and school principal (Stuart Hughes). Unfortunately, Gabizon goes on to provide several dream sequences in which Daniel encounters Allen (Tomaso Sanelli), including one in which he shares his erotic vision of a gigantic Alice masturbating on top of the school steeple; it’s an awkward scene that hits with the impact of a lead balloon. His desire to do something for his deceased offspring culminates in a surprising turn of events that Gabizon and Gere fail to make credible to the audience, although the twist proved quite touching in the 2017 version.
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