You Were Never Really Here
Lynne Ramsay, 2017
You Were Never Really Here
Jonathan Ames, 2013
You Were Never Really Here is a movie directed by Lynne Ramsay in 2017 and based on the book of the same name by Jonathan Ames, first published in 2013. The movie features Joaquin Phoenix, Alessandro Nivola, John Doman, Judith Roberts, Alex Manette, Ekaterina Samsonov, and others.
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Storyline
Joe is a traumatized hired gun who rescues trafficked girls, using brutal methods against their captors. Joe has flashbacks of the abuse he and his mother faced from his violent father, and his brutal past in the military and FBI, and is troubled by suicidal thoughts. McCleary assigns Joe a new job: a New York State Senator, Albert Votto, has offered a large sum of money to discreetly rescue his abducted daughter, Nina.
Movie vs Book
Year
2017
Minutes
89
Movie Rate
6.80
Source: IMDb
Movie
You Were Never Really Here
Director: Lynne Ramsay
Country: UK
Year: 2017
Length: 1h29m
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Year
2013
Pages
112
Book Rate
7.74
S: Goodreads
Book
You Were Never Really Here
Author: Jonathan Ames
Country: USA
First published in: 2013
Length: 112 pages
Genre: Fiction
User polls & recommendations
“I think sometimes people forget that a lot of changes have to be made because we're not in a book when we're watching a movie.”
BRIAN SELZNICK (Writer)
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