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Two Lovers Trailer - In UK Cinemas 27th March

TWO LOVERS is an intriguing romantic drama, it tells the story of Leonard (JOAQUIN PHOENIX), an attractive but troubled young man living with his parents (ISABELLA ROSSELLINI and MONI MONOSHOV), in suburban Brooklyn. Leonard encounters two women in quick succession, theres Michelle (GWYNETH PALTROW), a mysterious and beautiful neighbor—exotic and out-of-place in Leonards staid Brighton Beach neighborhood. But he soon discovers that she too is deeply troubled. Meanwhile, his parents try to set him up with Sandra (VINESSA SHAW), the lovely and caring daughter of the businessman whos buying out the family drycleaning business. At first resistant to her appeal (and to his familys pressure), Leonard gradually discovers hidden depths in Sandra, a potential romance with her is complicated, however, when Michelle, her life spiraling out of control, enlists Leonards help in dealing with the destructive affair she's having with a married man. Ultimately 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. TIMES 4 stars Two Lovers is a beautifully crafted film Paltrow at her most alluring REAL.COM 5/5 stars Phoenix is phenomenal This beautiful story is one of the most tragic contemporary love stories to have hit the big screen in a while Do not miss Phoenix and Paltrow put in unnervingly good performances in this gritty modern love story. Anna Smith, ELLE