The Merry Gentleman
The Merry Gentleman is a 2008 neo-noir film directed by Michael Keaton (in his directorial debut), and starring Keaton and Kelly Macdonald. It is about a woman who leaves an abusive relationship to start a new life in Chicago, where she forms a friendship with a hitman who is undergoing his own emotional crisis.
Plot
The Merry Gentleman is the story of Kate, a young woman who flees her abusive policeman husband, moving to Chicago. In her new life, she befriends a co-worker but otherwise generally keeps to herself, due to her embarrassment over a black eye left over from her husband's latest attack. Most everyone she encounters is of low character, which reinforces her feelings of loneliness and reclusion.
More details
author | Ron Lazzeretti |
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contentLocation | Chicago |
director | Michael Keaton |
editor | Grant Myers |
genre | drama |
keywords | apartment building black eye build buy christmas tree church dead husband disturb fall kill meet motel room move murder new life professional hit river young woman |
musicBy | Jon Sadoff |
producer | Ron Lazzeretti Steven A. Jones Tom Bastounes |
publisher | Samuel Goldwyn Films |
theme | neo-noir |