Description
Director Stephen Hopkins (LOST IN SPACE) crime thriller is a remake of the 1981 French film GARDE A VUE and is adapted from John William Wainwrights novel BRAINWASH. On the evening of the San Sebastian festival in San Juan Puerto Rico wealthy tax attorney Henry Hearst (Gene Hackman) is supposed to attend a charity ball with his lovely much younger wife Chantal (Monica Belluci) but is called to police headquarters. The previous day–during his morning run–Hearst discovered the dead body of a 12-year-old girl. Captain Victor Benezet (Morgan Freeman) and the explosive young Detective Owens (Thomas Jane) say they merely want to clarify some details in Hearsts statement. However when the questioning begins and Hearst stumbles over his answers it is evident that the police suspect Hearst is involved. As the interrogation wears on particulars of the prominent lawyers personal life and his complex relationship with his young wife are revealed. On the quest to discover Hearsts innocence or guilt the film features tense duels between Hearst and Benezet and an inventive retracing of events leading up to the murder while set against the lovely exotic backdrop of San Juan.
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