The Place Beyond The Pines

COMING SOON: Derek Cianfrance's The Place Beyond The Pines (US, 2012) - Following Blue Valentine, his intimate, wrenching story of a relationship’s unraveling, director Derek Cianfrance takes on a broader canvas with The Place Beyond The Pines, a stylish story of interlocking families, generational links and redemption in Upstate New York. Cianfrance shows a continuing maturity in his filmmaking style, and once again shows a talent for narrative complexity, keeping the audience on its toes as the story divides into three distinct sections spanning 15 years. But The Place Beyond The Pines doesn’t have the emotional power of Blue Valentine; although with flashes of poignancy, this is a movie that doesn’t have the same gut-pummeling weight. 2012TOR. Focus Feature Release.