Cast: Liam Neeson, Adrien Brody, Mila Kunis, Olivia Wilde and others
RUNTIME.............: 136 minsMichael (Liam Neeson) is a Pulitzer
Prize-winning fiction author who has holed himself up in a hotel suite
in Paris to finish his latest book. He recently left his wife, Elaine
(Kim Basinger), and is having a tempestuous affair with Anna (Olivia
Wilde), an ambitious young journalist who wants to write and publish
fiction. At the same time, Scott (Adrien Brody), a shady American
businessman, is in Italy to steal designs from fashion houses. Hating
everything Italian, Scott wanders into the Cafe American" in search of
something familiar to eat. There, he meets Monika (Moran Atias), a
beautiful Roma woman, who is about to be reunited with her young
daughter. When the money she has saved to pay her daughter's smuggler is
stolen, Scott feels compelled to help. They take off together for a
dangerous town in Southern Italy, where Scott starts to suspect that he
is the patsy in an elaborate con game. Julia (Mila Kunis), an ex-soap
opera actress, is caught in a custody battle for her 6 year-old son with
her ex-husband Rick (James Franco), a famous New York artist. With her
support cut off and her legal costs ruinous, Julia is reduced to working
as a maid in the same upscale boutique hotel where she was once a
frequent guest. Julia's lawyer Theresa (Maria Bello) has secured Julia
one final chance to change the court's mind and be reunited with the
child she loves. Rick's current girlfriend Sam (Loan Chabanol) is a
compassionate onlooker.
