The Sunset Limited
(2011)
Regisseur:
Tommy Lee JonesSchauspieler:
Tommy Lee Jones, Samuel L. JacksonEin zutiefst religiöser Ex-Gefängnisinsasse (Samuel L. Jackson) stoppt den Selbstmordversuch eines College-Professors (Tommy Lee Jones). Nachdem er diesen davon abgehalten hat, sich vor die U-Bahn zu werfen, ziehen sie sich in ein New Yorker Apprtement zurück, wo ein philosophischer Diskurs entbrennt…
HBO-Film nach dem Buch von Cormac McCarthy („The Road“, „No Country For Old Men“).
A deeply religious black ex-con thwarts the suicide attempt of an asocial white college professor who tries to throw himself in front of an oncoming subway train, 'The Sunset Limited.' As the one attempts to connect on a rational, spiritual and emotional level, the other remains steadfast in his hard-earned despair. Locked in a philosophical debate, both passionately defend their personal credos and try to convert the other.
A deeply religious black ex-con thwarts the suicide attempt of an asocial white college professor who tries to throw himself in front of an oncoming subway train, 'The Sunset Limited.' As the one attempts to connect on a rational, spiritual and emotional level, the other remains steadfast in his hard-earned despair. Locked in a philosophical debate, both passionately defend their personal credos and try to convert the other.
