Tag: Martin Donovan

  • &flix brings to you a story of guilt and revenge with the premiere of ‘Aftermath’, this Sunday!

    &flix brings to you a story of guilt and revenge with the premiere of ‘Aftermath’, this Sunday!

    MUMBAI: When a man loses everything, he is capable of anything. Based on true events, ‘Aftermath’, a drama thriller, is a story of guilt and revenge. &flix, the all-new destination for the most-awaited Hollywood hits, is set to premiere ‘Aftermath’ this Sunday, September 23rd at 1PM. Directed by Elliot Lester, the film stars an ensemble cast featuring superstar Arnold Schwarzenegger in a never-seen-before character along with Scoot McNairy, Maggie Grace, and Martin Donovan.

    Eagerly preparing for the return of his wife and his pregnant daughter from Kiev, construction manager Roman Melnyk (Schwarzenegger) anxiously awaits their arrival to pick them up at the airport. Instead, Roman receives the worst news that anyone could ever receive, as well as the irrevocable certainty that his family has perished in a tragic mid-air collision. The root-cause of this calamity is the air traffic controller and family man Jacob "Jake" Bonaos’ error due to which the two planes collide. Unable to deal with the weight of his actions, Jake is forced to move out of his town and start a new life with a different identity leaving behind his wife and child.  However, Roman is grief-stricken and sets out to seek revenge for the loss of his family.  In the end, with so many lives lost unjustly and unexpectedly, in the aftermath of the two men's grief and sorrow, revenge might sound as a sweet alternative, but sometimes, an apology is enough.

  • Venice fest to screen Mira Nair’s latest film

    Venice fest to screen Mira Nair’s latest film

    MUMBAI: Mira Nair‘s latest film The Reluctant Fundamentalist will open the 69th Venice International Film Festival that will run from 29 August to 8 September this year.

    Based on the best-selling novel of the same title, The Reluctant Fundamentalist is an international political thriller that follows the story of a young Pakistani man, chasing corporate success on Wall Street, who ultimately finds himself embroiled in a conflict between his American Dream, a hostage crisis and the enduring call of his family‘s homeland.

    The Reluctant Fundamentalist, which screens out of competition, stars Riz Ahmed, Kate Hudson, Kiefer Sutherland, Liev Schreiber, Martin Donovan, Om Puri, Shabana Azmi, Haluk Bilginer and Meesha Shafi. The film was shot in the cities of Lahore, Delhi, Istanbul, New York and Atlanta.

    Mira Nair, Golden Lion winner in 2001 for Monsoon Wedding, returns to the Venice Film Festival for her fifth time after having participated in 1991 with Mississippi Masala, in 2002 with the episode from the collective film 11‘09‘01 and in 2004 in Competition with Vanity Fair.