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1976: 18 year old Phoebe (Jordana Brwester) is to this day haunted by
the memories of her sister Faith, who took her life in Portugal 6 years
ago - so much so that she goes to Europe to retrace her sister's steps,
making the same trip across Europe her sister once made.
At first though, she finds little of substance, until she meets Wolf
(Christopher Eccleston), Faith's former lover, who knows a thing or two
about Faith that Phoebe doesn't. Thing is, when Faith and Wolf left San
francisco to tour Europe, they were just two naive young hippies wanting
to change the world, but in Berlin, Faith fell for Red Army leader Eric
(Moritz Bleibtreu) and suddenly had the idea to change the world by means
of terrorism, which Wolf didn't approve of. Eventually though, Faith
bungles up a job for the Red Army and is ditched by them - upon which she
went to Portugal to kill herself.
That, according to Wolf, is the end of the story, but Phoebe knows
there is more to it and goes to Portugal to further investigate. Wolf
comes with her, and before you know it, they end up in bed together,
numerous times. It's only when they reach the point from where Faith
jumped into her death that Wolf tells Phoebe the truth, the whole truth:
After being ditched by the Red Army, Faith joined another terrorist group
and just to prove herself worthy, she blew up the offices of an arms
manufacturer - but when she learned that by doing so she also killed a
father of three, something broke inside her - and thus she went to
Portugal to kill herself before Wolf's very eyes.
Now that she has learned the truth, Phoebe returns to her mother
(Blythe Danner) in San Francisco - which is a rather unspectacular ending.
A very disappointing film: Considering that this is a movie about a
girl haunted by the memories of her dead sister, it is surprising how
little effort is made to create any kind of atmosphere at all. Considering
that this film was filmed in many of Europe's most interesting cities and
spots (with the actors on site), it is surprising that director Adam
Brooks has little idea of how to use them beyond picture postcard
backdrops. And considering a good portion of this film is set in hippie
circles it is surprising how little effort is put into bringing the hippie
spirit to life - which is partly due to Christopher Eccleston's utterly
unconvincing long hair wig and Cameron Diaz, who looks and acts way too
glamorous to do a convincing hippie impression.
So nope, the fim is not good.
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