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Set in the insular world of brighton beach, brooklyn, two lovers is a classic romantic drama, with joaquin phoenix giving a raw and vulnerable performance as leonard, a charismatic but troubled young man who moves back into his childhood home following a recent heartbreak. while recovering under the watchful eye of his parents (isabella rossellini and moni monoshov), leonard meets two women in quick succession: michelle (gwyneth paltrow), a mysterious and beautiful neighbor who is exotic and out-of-place in leonard's staid world, and sandra, the lovely and caring daughter of a businessman who is buying out his family's dry-cleaning business. leonard becomes deeply infatuated by michelle, who seems poised to fall for him, but is having a self-destructive affair with a married man. at the same time, mounting pressure from his family pushes him towards committing to sandra. leonard is forced to make an impossible decision - between the impetuousness of desire and the comfort of love - or risk falling back into the darkness that nearly killed him. |