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Enduring love - Daniel Craig, Samantha Morton, Rhys Ifans, Bill Nighy, Roger Mitchell

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An extraordinary event brought them together. A deadly obsession will tear them apart.

Joe (Daniel Craig) has planned a postcard-perfect afternoon in the English countryside with his partner, Claire (Samantha Morton). But as they prepare to open a bottle of champagne, a hot air balloon drifts into the field. The pilot's leg is caught in the anchor rope, and the only passenger, a boy, is too scared to jump down. Joe and three other men rush to secure the basket, but a strong wind rushes into the field and the rescuers are airborne. Joe and most of his companions manage to drop to the ground, but one man is lifted skywards. As they watch this strangely beautiful sight, they see the man fall to his death. Joe sets out to find the fallen man, accompanied by a bedraggled looking drifter named Jed (Rhys Ifans). On discovering the man's corpse, Jed insists that they pray over the body.

Later, Joe cannot forget the balloon incident and he winds up alienating Claire and his friends. Jed reappears and, claiming that the "religious revelations" he and Joe shared marks them as soul-mates, beings stalking the now vulnerable Joe. The two men begin a dirty combat for the meaning of their experience in the field, and Claire slowly becomes the victim in their increasingly violent showdown.

Persons of interest

Daniel Craig .... Joe
Samantha Morton .... Claire
Rhys Ifans .... Jed
Alexandra Aitken .... Natasha
Susan Lynch .... Rachel
Bill Nighy .... Robin
Lee Sheward .... John Logan
Bill Weston .... Grandpa
Anna Maxwell Martin .... Penny
Helen McCrory .... Mrs Logan
Rosie Michell .... Katie Logan
Justin Salinger .... Frank
Ben Whishaw .... Spud
Ian McEwan .... Author
Joe Penhall .... Screenwriter
Roger Michell .... Director

Cinematic intelligence sources

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Awards and film festivals:

Bangkok International Film Festival 2005: Windows on the World
British Independent Film Awards 2004: Nominated: British Independent Film Award: Best Actor (Daniel Craig), Best Director (Roger Michell), Best Supporting Actor/Actress (Samantha Morton), Best Technical Achievement (Haris Zambarloukos - cinematographer)

See also Danny Deckchair
Studios and distributors:

Pathé Film * Hopscotch Films

Intelligence analyst

Special Agent Matti

Theatrical report

Enduring love is a really good thriller and an even better pun. Enduring love = A love that lasts forever. Enduring love = Putting up with a love that lasts forever. Cool.

Although the casting of Rhys Ifans as a nutter is somewhat cliché (see Human nature), he, Samantha Morton and Daniel Craig - all darlings of the Icon Film Distribution/Palace Films set - are all grittily, dirtily, sweatily good. It's also fun to see a stalkee who is as obsessed as his stalker.

There are some great special effects, the best of which is when John Logan falls from the balloon. You'll shit yourself.

Enjoy Enduring love for what it is: a British art-house thriller.