A very different kind of love story Correspondence deals with issues, communications and science while it spins a sordid tale of love and lust. Now on DVD the film is nicely directed and written by Giuseppe Tornatore, the filmmaker of the Italian classic Cinema Paradiso. The movie takes you into a world of happenstance solving a way of coming back from the dead.

Prominent astrophysics professor Ed Phoerum (Jeremy Irons) has been on the lecture circuit for a while now. Actually more often than expected since taking on a beautiful young and brilliant astrophysics student and action stunt person Amy Ryan (Olga Kurylenko). Turning into an affair shortly after they met in his classroom, their sexual appetites have equaled the desire for Amy to complete PHD.

As we meet the couple hes just leaving her room at the hotel where Ed has spoken at a Astrophysics conference. They vow to meet again very soon, but life is about to take a bitter turn. Amy and Ed have been challenged because of the physical distance between them and with only opportunity of communicating via Skype. Not being able to touch and embrace the two find themselves at a loss.

The age difference, some 40 years, has never been a problem and a midlife crisis has not been the reason for Ed to have lost interest in his wife. Its more like astrophysics itself, Eds chance meeting among the stars with a woman of which hes often dreamt. But, age has brought a different kind of watershed, one that has lead him to take a chance on extending his life with Amy.

Its a story of illicit love, a test of time and writer Giuseppe Tornatores excellent imagination that makes Correspondence a compelling and provocative life experience. Not for the ordinary moviegoer, most of Tornatores films arent commonplace or mainstream for that matter. Its more like his film Malena, where age difference plays a huge part in the relationship. In that film it has a beautiful Italian woman, played by Monica Bellucci, who advances a young boys coming of age; with Correspondence its the awakening of Amys libido that delivers her from a tragic past and frees her to be a woman. Crafty, chancy and yet deftly brilliant, Toratores works are head above some of the best filmmakers.

Letting his actors open up to give amazing performances Jeremy Irons and Olga Kurylenko are at their level best. The chemistry between the two burns up the screen even when a computer is the medium for their being together. Kurylenkos Amy turns out to be one of her better characters beyond performances in Hitman, Max Payne, Quantum of Solace and Oblivion. Here shes able to keep the action actor persona in a romance where she delivers her heartrending skills as well.

Irons fits into his role of love struck Professor Ed Phoerum like a glove. Hes infatuated by Amy, even surprised that she wants him beyond their difference in age. Yet he knows how to continuously draw her into the mysteries of their forbidden love while knowing hes a married man. I like this role for Irons even more than Reversal of Fortune and Lolita (remake), but its not his best drama as that goes to M. Butterfly.

Correspondence has not been rated by the MPAA but contains nudity, movie making violence, language and sensuality. Use caution when watching the DVD if youngsters are in the home.

FINAL ANALYSS: A cool film for mid-life romantics, actors and indie film buffs.

Specifications and additional video information: Cast: Jeremy Irons, Olga Kurylenko, Simon Johns, James Warren, Shauna Macdonald, Oscar Sanders, Paolo Calabresi, Irina Karatcheva, Paul Ridley. Directed and written by: Giuseppe Tornatore MPAA Rating: Not Rated Genre: Drama, Romance Running Time: 1 hr. 56 min. Video Release Date: June 27, 2017 Language: English Reviewed Format: DVD Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Video: Widescreen 16:9 (2:40 LBX) Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish, Quebecois Number of Discs: 1 Disc Distributed by: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Released in: DVD and Digital HD

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