1986 · crime · drama · british
Mona Lisa
Directed by Neil Jordan1h 45m1986
George is a small-time crook just out of prison who discovers his tough-guy image is out of date. Reduced to working as a minder/driver for high class call girl Simone, he has to agree when she asks him to find a young colleague from her King's Cross days. That's when George's troubles just start.
Our read: Mona Lisa (1986) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded crime · drama · british entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, steady, measured crime / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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