In this gripping crime thriller, Russell Crowe stars as Roy Freeman, an ex-homicide detective with a fractured memory, forced to revisit a case he can't remember. As a man's life hangs in the balance on death row, Freeman must piece together the brutal evidence from a decade-old murder investigation, uncovering a sinister web of buried secrets and betrayals linking to his past. With only instincts to trust, he faces a chilling truth - sometimes, it's best to let sleeping dogs lie.
Crowe made his directorial debut in 2015 with the sweeping epic The Water Diviner, in which he also starred. The film won three Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards, including Best Picture. His second directorial film, Poker Face, a thriller in which he also stars, was recently released.
Wright was most recently seen in the series Barkskins, based on the bestselling novel by Pulitzer Prize-winner Annie Proulx and produced by Scott Rudin Productions. Other lead roles in US series include Outsiders (WGN America / Sony) and the 2014 Peabody Award-Winning series The Bridge (FX).
Wright founded the theatre company Black Lung in 2006, at the age of twenty-two. Black Lung was named one of the most influential theatre companies of the decade by The Australian, receiving numerous awards and widespread critical acclaim.
What thematically excites me about this story is that it deals with the role memory and our awareness of our past plays in shaping who we are, how we look at the world, and the way in which we behave. It is a universal notion, that what has happened to us, what we have done, or what has been done to us, irrevocably influences who we are. But what if we could forget all that? What if all of the trauma of our past could be washed away? Forgotten. Who would we be? Is ignorance in fact bliss? Or in forgetting all that is bad, is there now no point of reference or what it really means to be moral and good? Existential questions for sure, and ones that our protagonist will confront on his journey to eventual redemption ... or reckoning.
This film was a labor of love, between our actors and crew in Melbourne, Australia. Thank you for being such willing collaborators on my directorial debut. When you give everybody permission to bring their ideas to the table, you end up with something enthralling.
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4 years later, we are very happy, we have had 2 kids and I really can't complain about anything but after watching a movie, my mind wondered back to this episode and I feel quite sure that she cheated on me that night but decided not to tell me by fear of not being forgiven and putting an end to our wedding.
Fear of losing a spouse for a past infidelity is very real and can drive the former unfaithful spouse to lie. It's easy to want to know the truth but can YOU handle the truth if your suspicions turn out to be right? If the answer is yes, then you have to approach your W very delicately and convey to her that you love her and that you truly forgive her if she was unfaithful to you 4 years ago and that when she's ready to come forward with the whole truth, you will be there to listen to her. The point is to create an emotional environment where she will feel safe to open up and tell you the whole truth without fear of losing you for good. So please think very carefully about whether or not you want and can handle the truth.
Women are more emotional than you men understand.For us,getting close to someone, talking to them with no inhibitions means a lot to us and is usually the precursor to our falling in love.it makes us feel validated and like we matter. When she bonded with this other guy,she sort of felt like she was cheating on you and that's why she didn't tell you at first.Why don't you trust her? Has she ever given you reason not to? The fact that she threw the address away shows that she cares for you and your marriage. I think you need to work on the trust on your end because when she tells you something, you should believe her unless you really have reason not to
In 1996, my wife admitted a "soft" affair - just a passionate kiss. This affair took place around 1991 - so the story goes. Between 91 and 96 we had two additional childrenj. After my devastation I decided to let things ride, after all it wasn't a full blown affair - she said she pulled away before it got serious. I trusted what i was told. Guess what?
In 2003 she decided to fess up more information - it was a planned, multi-meeting affair culminating in oral sex...but of course, she again said she pulled away before it got serious. Now I don't know what to believe and my trust is completely fried. So...if you ask me.....I would not let sleeping dogs lie. I did and the dogs sneaked off leaving a pillow under the sheets.
Leave it alone. That's what I'd do. She's already told you what she felt you needed to know. If something else happened it'll eat at her and eventually she'll bring it up herself. Why should you live in misery for something she should feel guilty about? Assume the worse, get over it, leave her alone and continue on.
If you confront her about it, you'll meet up with some resistance and there's no sense in rocking the boat if everything has been going ok. You need to just forget about it and get it out of your mind.
Personally, given what I have heard, I would have at the time just expressed my regret that she was still kind of up for grabs emotionally, but that it would be better for her to be free to pursue the other man, and then walked away. I would not have had children after hearing that story.
However, IF I had been willing to overlook this getting "close" experience (in my book, a good person is able, with no difficulty, to avoid getting into situations where they may end up physically or emotionally cheating on you), I would have explained VERY clearly that if it turned out that she was not telling the absolute truth about what had actually happened, she would be dumped with no questions asked, no drama, and no emotion, 4 years, 4 kids, 4 decades later is not relevant. A relationship that proceeds with a major lie at its root is not really a relationship.
You think this guy was super nice and spent all that time with her just holding hands? You think he didn't try anything more? If he didn't, why did she hang with him so long -- hoping that he would eventually try something?
It probably will not serve any purpose to bring up this episode since it's well in the past but something inside of me woke up yesterday and I have a very strong gut feeling that she DID cheat on me that night.
They met at this wedding, which, as you pointed out is an emotional place to be at. They were BOTH without their significant other, which is why they sat next to each other, they were (probably) staying at the same hotel which means that they went back together that first night and probably hung out together for the next few days culminating in that last evening where I couldn't get in touch with her.
That is your lead in. Just tell her, (if that was the case...) something in the movie brought back something for me and upset me...I need you to just tell me the truth. Whatever it is we can work through it....
Without hesitation, I'd ask. Explain to her what brought back the memories. She was commited to you, the least she could do is to reinforce that nothing happened. Don't you think that's kinda her job, as the 'straying' wife? She owes atleast that to you.
If you do not have honesty in a marriage then what do you have? It seems quite obvious that she did indeed cheat on you. The sad part is that she is still disrespecting you by continuing to lie to you. You were married to her at the time and she has a duty to be honest with you. In addition, if she feels she can lie to you about this then what is to stop her in the future about lying about something else? Her continued lying indicates a great deal how she views you and how she views herself. You need the truth and she needs to be honest with you or your marriage is a mirage. I wish you luck.
Once because after finding out the guys gets so screwed up in his head that the relationship dies (Julia Roberts has this great line when after fessing up to having ONE encounter she tells her boyfriend that she can see the love seeping out of him)
Once because after finding out, the guygets so screwed up in his head that the relationship dies (Julia Roberts has this great line when after fessing up to having ONE encounter she tells her boyfriend that she can see the love seeping out of him)
The outcome in the movie would push me to let this go but there is a strong feeling of wanting to find out the truth even though I KNOW it will KILL me (that is if in fact she did cheat and if she DOES admit to it)
I think the advice you were given about asking was good...and make sure that you've not only got a good lead in and explanation to her for WHY you're asking, but that you've also already thought about what you're going to do in either circumstance.
It seems to me that you also need to learn how to change your focus...and that is DARNED hard to do. I KNOW. When you've been cheated on, it's sooooo hard to get past it. To learn to recognize that its in the PAST...that its NOT going on now. She chose you...you've got to learn to focus on THAT.
My wife had an emotional affair last Spring that culminated in her moving out in preperation in flying away to live with him...a man she'd never met in person. She didn't fly in the end...long story that you can look up here if you're interested. But...we just had a tough past couple of days...mostly because I'm still struggling with the same thing....recognizing that it IS IN THE PAST. She's NOT doing it now. Luckily, we talked about this last nite and this morning, and it's that kind of thing that helps me get over it.
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