![]() ![]() It’s one the Academy and audiences should reward, but rarely do. ![]() It’s a performance that draws little or no attention to itself, but stands as calculated and crafted as any. Her misery is unparalleled, but Basinger keenly chooses to let her subtle actions depict the character’s plight instead of showy, nonsensical gestures. ![]() Her eyes become small and black, just as they do when someone alludes to “the accident”. Instead, she stares numbly out at the ocean as the turn signal in her car blinks on and off. She’s doesn’t drink, rarely cries, and never succumbs to violent outbursts of any kind. Basinger doesn’t adhere to the usual methods of portraying grief. Though never vocalized, it soon becomes clear that Eddie (Jon Foster) is serving as somewhat of a replacement son for each parent. Kim Basinger’s turn as a high class call girl in Curtis Hanson’s throwback may have been the racehorse that earned her laurels including an Oscar, but it is her portrayal of the frozen-with-grief Marion Cole in The Door in the Floor that showed viewers something even more unique- a fresh, layered dissection of a bereaved mother.īasinger and costar Jeff Bridges portray a separated couple grieving the loss of two sons, an arduous balancing act made even less stable when a new young man is sent to stay with them for the summer. It certainly didn’t gain the fame or critical acclaim of awards magnet L.A. The Door in the Floor, based on John Irving’s 1998 novel A Widow For One Year, isn’t exactly a well-known film. In Aleandro, the film has found its Alicia, and consequently, all parts of the film come to life. The Official Story is equal parts family drama, political thriller, and feminist tale, providing the type of female role that actresses crave. However, Aleandro plays it all internally, controlling the fury and fear seizing Alicia’s thoughts. Whether laughing in a café with friends or walking out on the husband who has just tortured her, she dominates the scene.Ĭonsidering the nature of what her character endures, lesser actresses would have made Alicia larger than life, slinging emotions all over the screen. As Alicia, an adoptive mother and wife of an affluent politician who slowly comes to realize that the orphaned child she and her husband have adopted is the child of murdered dissidents, and that her husband is complicit in the death of the young girl’s biological parents, Aleandro is riveting to watch as the camera lingers to capture her extraordinarily expressive face. There was little doubt, though, that the nomination was compensation for the Oscar’s failure to nominate Aleandro for her extraordinary performance two years prior in Puenzo’s The Official Story (La Historia Oficial ). When Aleandro was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Gaby: A True Story (1987), quite a few people were surprised, as the role is minimal and Aleandro has no “Oscar” moments in the film. ![]()
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