BYZANTIUM
Rated: R | Runtime: 118 min | Studio: MPI Home Video
Synopsis: A run-down coastal resort becomes the epicenter of unimaginable evil when two mysterious women suddenly appear there seeking refuge. Alluring Clara (
Gemma Arterton,
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters) and schoolgirl Eleanor (
Saoirse Ronan,
Hanna) meet local loner Noel (
Daniel Mays,
Atonement) and take up residence in his deserted guesthouse, Byzantium. Before long Eleanor befriends another local, Frank (
Caleb Landry Jones,
Antiviral) and reveals to him the lethal secret the two women share: they were born 200 years ago and survive on human blood. As knowledge of their secret spreads, their shared past threatens to catch up to them with deadly consequences. A uniquely fresh take on the vampire myth,
Neil Jordan's (
The Brave One)
BYZANTIUM is a stylish and affecting look at the loneliness and isolation that come with the price of immortality.
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