Two Lovers (2008 film)

Two Lovers
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJames Gray
Written by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJoaquin Baca-Asay
Edited byJohn Axelrad
Production
companies
Distributed byMagnolia Pictures
Release dates
  • May 19, 2008 (2008-05-19) (Cannes Film Festival)
  • February 13, 2009 (2009-02-13) (United States)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$16.3 million[2]

Two Lovers is a 2008 American romantic drama film, taking its inspiration from Fyodor Dostoyevsky's 1848 short story "White Nights",[3] which had already been turned into a film seven times, first by Luchino Visconti: Le Notti Bianche (1957). The film is directed by James Gray, and stars Joaquin Phoenix, Gwyneth Paltrow and Vinessa Shaw. It is set in the largely Russian Jewish neighborhood Brighton Beach in New York City, as was Gray's first film Little Odessa. Two Lovers premiered in competition at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival in May. The film was Gray's third to enter the competition at this festival. It was released on February 13, 2009.

  1. ^ a b c "Two Lovers (2008)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
  2. ^ "Two Lovers". Box Office Mojo.
  3. ^ "Two Lovers: James Gray Interview". At the Movies. June 3, 2009. Archived from the original on August 23, 2009. Retrieved August 10, 2009.