2001 · drama · thriller
Lantana
Directed by Ray Lawrence2h 1m2001
Plagued with grief over the murder of her daughter, Valerie Somers suspects that her husband John is cheating on her. When Valerie disappears, Detective Leon Zat attempts to solve the mystery of her absence. A complex web of love, sex and deceit emerges -- drawing in four related couples whose various partners are distrustful and suspicious about each other's involvement.
Our read: Lantana (2001) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded drama · thriller entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / thriller, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- measured
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