Linney is flat against it thinking it will spill too many secrets. Hopkins supports the idea as he expects it will generate book sales and revenue for the group. The story gets interesting when Omar (played by Omar Metwally) shows up unannounced after receiving a declination of his offer to write a biography on the novelist. Oh yeah, these three all live together in a compound in Uruguay on land the writer left behind after his suicide. The film boasts a very nice cast: Anthony Hopkins as the aging, gay man who is the brother of a famous (now dead) novelist Laura Linney as the widow of the writer and Charlotte Gainsbourg as the writer's former mistress. Ismail Merchant died a few years ago, but director James Ivory returns with a powerful, yet odd film based on Peter Cameron's novel. Most everyone is familiar with the peak of Merchant-Ivory genius which included: A Room With a View, Remains of the Day, and Howerd's End to name a few. Reviewed by ferguson-6 8 / 10 A Confounding Compound
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