FSH FORUM/CINEMA BLANKENESER KINO shows in the context of FSH FilmSoundHamburg 2014 in the presence of the composer JAVIER NAVARRETE HEMINGWAY & GELLHORN Wednesday, June 2nd 2014, 20:00 H USA 2012, 154 min., original English version Directed by: Philip Kaufmann, Music by: Javier Navarrete, Editing + Sounddesign by: Walter Murch, Starring: Nicole Kidman, Clive Owen, Studio: HBO Hemingway & Gellhorn is an HBO film about the lives of journalist Martha Gellhorn (Nicole Kidman) and her husband, writer Ernest Hemingway (Clive Owen). It was directed by Philip Kaufman. Telling the story of one of America’s most famous literary couples, the movie begins in 1936 when the pair meet for the first time in a Key West bar. They ran into each other again in Spain where they were both covering the Spanish Civil War. They were staying in the same hotel on the same floor, and she resisted his advances. However, during a bombing raid, they found themselves trapped in the same room, and lust overcame them. They became lovers and stayed in Spain until 1939. In 1940 Hemingway divorced his second wife so that they could marry. Over time she became prominent in her own right. In 1945 she asked Hemingway for a divorce. He credits her with inspiring him to write the novel, FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS. https://youtube/watch?v=pWFuQlLqqZk
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