In the Hollywood film "Lake House" actors Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock play young people who can communicate exclusively using a mailbox installed near the lake house. And all because the heroine Bullock lives in 2006, and the hero Reeves lives in 2004. How can this be? And how did this unusual story end?
"House by the Lake": description, actors
"Lake House", directed by Alejandro Agresti, is a remake of the South Korean similar film "Lake House". For Agresti, “Lake House” was his debut work in Hollywood, before that Alejandro worked in Latin America and the Netherlands. Agresti also shot the little-known films "Dictabland", "Not such a Bad World" and "Valentine".
“Lake House” can be called a fantasy film, because it is based on an incredible fact from the life of the main characters: the architect Alex (Keanu Reeves) moves to a new house and finds a letter from a girl “from the future” in the mailbox (Sandra Bullock). The young man and woman begin to chat using the "magic" mailbox, and gradually a bright feeling arises between them. However, to meet in reality with Alex and Kate does not work. Will they be able to overcome the time gap and look into each other's eyes?
Reviews for the film "Lake House" from critics and ordinary viewers come in the most inspiring. The original plot, good acting, competent directing make the audience actively empathize with the main characters and look forward to the outcome of the plot.
“Lake House”: actors and roles. Sandra Bullock as Kate
Sandra Bullock in the film Alejandro Agresti plays the doctor Kate Forster. Kate doesn’t have much in her personal life. The only thing a young woman is happy with is her job. Therefore, she decides to leave her cozy lodge, located on the lake, and settle in Chicago, where she works in one of the local hospitals. Before leaving, Kate leaves a comic letter to the future tenant of the house. To her surprise, after a while, in the same box, Kate finds an answer to her message.
In the film “Lake House”, the actors Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves composed the screen duo for the second time - the first time they met on the set of the film “Speed”. However, if before the relationship of their heroes developed in the rhythm of a dynamic action movie, this time the Hollywood stars were placed in the romantic proposed circumstances. Their on-screen heroes are so touching that it is impossible not to empathize with them and not to wish them an early reunion.
Keanu Reeves as Alex
The main actors of the film “Lake House” are recognized Hollywood celebrities. Keanu Reeves began filming in the film, already being well-known to the audience for his work in the series of the films “The Matrix”, in the thriller “Devil's Advocate”, the melodrama “Sweet November” and the fantasy film “Constantine: Lord of Darkness”. Despite the fact that the genres and plots of the films in which Reeves is shot are very different from each other, the actor always plays about the same type: a lonely man who, in a sense, is disappointed in life. But what is noteworthy: since the time of "Speed", Keanu in all subsequent films got exclusively the main roles.
If we talk about the film "House by the Lake", then the actor did not depart much from his usual role as a lone hero. His character feels comfortable in a secluded lake house, does not seek relationships with real women and is quite content with correspondence with a girl “from the future”. Despite the setbacks, the hero of Reeves does not lose hope of meeting a mysterious stranger.
Dylan Walsh as Morgan
In the film "Lake House" actors Dylan Walsh and Sandra Bullock play the young people who meet. Kate performed by Sandra and Morgan performed by Dylan Walsh converge, then diverge throughout the film. It was the breakup with Morgan that made Kate move to Chicago and leave her house by the lake.
Dylan Walsh has been in films since 1989, but is not very popular in Hollywood. Most often, the actor appears in the series. His most famous role is Dr. McNamara in the American television drama Parts of the Body.
Christopher Plummer as Alex's father
The architect Alex performed by Keanu Reeves has a difficult relationship with his father, because he left their family for the sake of his profession. However, when Simon, who is also a talented architect, dies in the hospital, for Alex this becomes a definite loss.
Christopher Plummer, who played the role of Simon, is considered an outstanding Canadian actor. He made his film debut in 1958, and immediately in the lead role: the actor played Walt Murdoch in the drama "Wind over the Swamps." For the supporting role in the comedy "Beginners" Christopher was awarded the Oscar.
Throughout his career, Plummer has been actively filming: he played Abraham in Dracula 2000 with Gerard Butler in the title role, Doctor Rosen in the Mind Games directed by Ron Howard, Aristotle in the historical film Alexander with Colin Farrell. They entrust the actor with many main roles: in the biographical drama "New World" he played captain Newport, in the drama "Emotional Arithmetic" - David Winters, and in the "Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" - Doctor Parnassus.
In 2015, with the participation of the actor, the thriller “Remember” was released on the screens, where Martin Landau and Dean Norris also play .
Other role performers
In the film “House by the Lake”, the actors Shohre Agdashlu, Willeke vann Ammelroy, Scott Elias and Lynn Collins play secondary roles.
Shohre Aghdashlu is an actress of Iranian descent, who can also be seen in the films Changing Reality and X-Men: The Last Battle.
Willeke baths Ammelroy is from the Netherlands. She starred in the films “The Escape of the Bride” and “Love and Sex in Ibiza”.