Set in the insular world of Brighton
Beach, Brooklyn, TWO LOVERS is a classic romantic drama,
with Joaquin Phoenix giving a raw and vulnerable performance
as Leonard, a charismatic but troubled young man who moves
back into his childhood home following a recent heartbreak.
While recovering under the watchful eye of his parents
(Isabella Rossellini and Moni Monoshov), Leonard meets two
women in quick succession: Michelle (Gwyneth Paltrow), a
mysterious and beautiful neighbor who is exotic and
out-of-place in Leonard's staid world, and Sandra, the
lovely and caring daughter of a businessman who is buying
out his family's dry-cleaning business.
Leonard becomes deeply infatuated by Michelle, who seems
poised to fall for him, but is having a self-destructive
affair with a married man. At the same time, mounting
pressure from his family pushes him towards committing to
Sandra. Leonard is forced to make an impossible decision –
between the impetuousness of desire and the comfort of love
– or risk falling back into the darkness that nearly killed
him.
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