Meet Martin, JJ, Jess, and Maureen. A Long Way Down (2014) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Maureen is a middle-aged and very quiet woman who has to bear a heavy burden. Martin is a famous talk show host just out of jail, Maureen is a lonely single mother, Jess is young, reckless and heartbroken, and JJ is an American realizing the failures in his life. Maureen is a 45 years old woman who has a handicapped son called Matty. She sent him to a home, only for this night. Her own son, who must be the greatest award for every single woman , is for Maureen the biggest punishment. So she works hard at home and has no free time or any time for a job. A Long Way Down is a 2005 novel by international best-selling British author Nick Hornby.This dark comedy incorporates themes of existentialism and mental illness, including suicide and depression, in Hornby’s signature upbeat style.The novel follows four characters in a first-person, round-robin style narration in which each character advances the plot in succession. She has never hit someone before, but this time she felt liberated. MyMovies_International. Der Traum vom Leben als Rockstar lebt aber immer noch in ihm weiter. For the film of the same name, see A Long Way Down (film). Since she has left the church, she always has the feeling of being punished. ‘A long way down’ (a.k.a. Yo leí este libro en una época malísima y que pese a todo consiguió hacerme salir de mi miseria, sonreír, reírme realmente y relativizar mis problemas. All have their own problems and Maureen does not want to impose her problems to other people. A Long Way Down opens on New Year's Eve, when four strangers arrive separately on the roof of Topper's Tower in London to commit suicide. After she slapped him, JJ and Chas were completely shocked because she isn’t a strong and a tough person. I've been waiting a ridiculously long time… Watch the video for Maureen from Dario Marianelli's A Long Way Down - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. She spends her whole energy taking care of Matty. But suddenly she met these three strange people and she decided to be together with them. Maureen makes herself a picture of the other 3 characters, but does not speak out loudly what she is thinking about them. This blog is going to serve as a publishing and collaboration platform for our classroom project on Hornby’s “A long way down”. Part 2 The father of Matty is called Frank. Four people who come together on New Year's Eve: a former TV talk show host, a musician, a teenage girl, and a mother. A Long Way Down, based on the novel by Nick Hornby, is about four strangers who meet atop the roof of Topper's House on New Years Eve, determined to end their lives. 7 years ago | 24 views. Because of this meeting, she hasn’t jumped off yet. Even when she tried to kill herself, she wanted to do it “in the silence” making no anxiety to other people. Her son Matty is profoundly retarted, he can’t speak and probably even not realize Maureen. JJ, ein Amerikaner, ist vor einigen Jahren nach London gekommen, da seine damalige Freundin Lizzie nach London gezogen war. Maureen She is a 51 year old mother of her disabled and fully paralyzed son Matty. Through mutual pain and humour, this unlikely group take the long way down and figure out what will keep them alive until Valentine's Day, one step at a time. She spends her whole energy taking care of… Maureen goes to church every sunday, but only because she is afraid of what other people would say if she doesn’t. ( Log Out /  Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. She says that her biggest wish is that Matty is going to die. Since Matty was born Maureen said her life has stopped and would never change. She is probably the most different character in comparison to the other three characters of Nick Hornby’s novel “A long way down”. Mit dieser Situation ist er sehr unzufrieden. She is probably the most different character in comparison to the other three characters of Nick Hornby’s novel “A long way down”. So she doesn’t believe in luck as much as she believes in punishment. She is not like the other characters, because she wanted to die not because she made a mistake in this life, not because she missed something or somebody, but because of her son, Matty, who is disabled to do anything in this life, because he has a very seriose disease and exists only like a vegetable… He cannot say thanks to his mother, for all what she did for him, he cannot say anything at all. That shows that Maureen worries about what people could think about her. She gets to know him but he doesn’t get to know her because she doesn’t like to talk about herself and her life. A Long Way Down is also an interesting investigation of why people consider suicide, even if some of the narrators dwell mostly on clichés (such as the claim that Sylvia Plath and Van Gogh and certain others "were too sensitive to live", pg 24). On New year’s eve, she told Matty that she is going to a party. In den Hauptrollen sind Pierce Brosnan, Toni Collette, Imogen Poots und Aaron Paul zu sehen. When this disillusioned quartet of strangers meet unintentionally at the same suicide hotspot, a London high-rise with the well-earned nickname Topper's Tower, they mutually agree to … See, one of the things that had brought me down was my inability to leave my mark on the world through my music – which is another way of saying that I was suicidal because I wasn’t famous.” JJ from A Long Way Down, by Nick Hornby. Synopsis : Londres, le soir du nouvel an. She wishes that she could explain herself better and be able to show more emotions. Maureen lives like a prisoner and Matty is her “supervisor”. A Long Way Down (2014) Toni Collette as Maureen. Maureen is a middle-aged and very quiet woman who has to bear a heavy burden. She seems to be a mysterious person who is closed to other people. She only had one time in her life intercoursed with a man – Frank, he is the father of Matty. She is probably the most different character in comparison to the other three characters of Nick Hornby’s novel “A long way down”. Regie führte Pascal Chaumeil, das Drehbuch schrieb Jack Thorne. When this disillusioned quartet of strangers meet unintentionally at the same suicide hotspot, a London high-rise with the well-earned nickname Topper's … When you have a son like Matty, you can’t help but to feel with him. Martin is a famous talk show host just out of jail, Maureen is a lonely single mother, Jess is young, reckless and heartbroken, and JJ is an American realizing the failures in his life. Actually she hadn’t live for almost twenty years now because she gave away her life. But in fact she went on top of the building. And this is a great disaster. Together they form a surrogate family and make a pact to not kill themselves until Valentine's Day. She is probably the most different character in comparison to the other three characters of Nick Hornby’s novel “A long way down”. In this time she learns to love him but she also realises that he is an obstruction. Every weekend she goes to church. She is catholic. ‘En Picado’) es la segunda novela que más me gusta de Nick Hornby. “A Long Way Down” is a film that’s afraid of its subject matter: suicidal depression. One more interesting thing in the Maureen that she is a dutiful Catholic, and in the Catholic religion like in other religions suicide is a biggest sin, but how we can see, wish to die is more powerfull than all her belief. She has to care for him the whole day. Oscars Best Picture Winners Best Picture Winners Golden Globes Emmys STARmeter Awards San Diego Comic-Con New York Comic-Con Sundance Film Festival Toronto Int'l Film Festival Awards Central Festival Central All Events That’s just the way Frank did it with Maureen. Sometimes she thinks that it will be the best thing for Matty to die, but these thoughts only break off her heart. 7 years ago | 29 views. ( Log Out /  Mauree seems to be the only person who has REAL problems in her very difficult life. Maureen is a middle-aged and very quiet woman who has to bear a heavy burden. MyMovies_UK. That's all. Because she didn’t plan to be alive the next morning. With Pierce Brosnan, Toni Collette, Imogen Poots, Aaron Paul. It does not seem that she has a lot of friends, maybe only a few in the church. Posts about Maureen written by luisaliebtrau. Through mutual pain and humour, this unlikely group take the long way down and figure out what will keep them alive until Valentine's Day, one step at a time. Assemble your party and use your cards to survive, fight and build your way through a dark maze of monsters orchestrated by an evil mastermind. It seems like her dreams will never come true and that’s why… Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. trackback. She thinks that her life is wasted and she wants to be like all the other happy people around her but she can’t because of Matty and that is the reason for her wanting to commit suicide. Four people meet on New Year's Eve, and form a surrogate family to … She really loves him, but he also destroyed her life so she wants to die. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. Follow. Für Lizzie hat er auch seine Band („Big Yellow“) aufgegeben. A Long Way Down ist eine britische Tragikomödie aus dem Jahr 2014, die auf dem gleichnamigen Buch von Nick Hornby von 2005 basiert. On top of the building, she meets Martin while he is sitting on the ledge of the roof. Actually she hadn’t live for almost twenty years now because she gave away her life. Actually she hadn’t live for almost twenty years now because she gave away her life. First assignment of a characterization of Maureen February 25, 2007 Posted by gruelli in Characters, Maureen. As her life revolves around her son she has had to sacrifice her freedom, her job and friends for her son. A Long Way Down - Clip - Martin & Maureen. Follow. But her point of view shows that she is a bit old-fashioned, for example she hates slang and she does not know Martin Sharp, a famous tv presenter. They live in an apartment that Maureen tries to decorate as though a fully energetic teenage boy lives in that apartment. Because she has to pay Matty all of her attention and can’t do anything else in her life. Although she sometimes cannot understand the modern behavior of JJ(She also thinks that JJ is a gay because he has long hairs and he is American and it sounds very strange but if we remembered that she was almost 20 years isolated from this world it seems to be quite normal ), dirty slang of Jess and  strange Martin’s life, she feels that there is something that connect them, that they are one team, one band and they can help each other. Narrated in turns by a dowdy, middle-aged woman, a half-crazed adolescent, a disgraced breakfast TV presenter and an American rock star cum pizza delivery boy, A Long Way Down is the story of the Toppers House Four, aka Maureen, Jess, Martin and JJ. Maybe she does not know how to do it, but maybe these guys are her last chance. It was kind of gratifying, in an ironic way, reading about myself…]. Interviews A Long Way Down: Nick Hornby On His Inspiration Some image caption 1 A Long Way Down: Pascal Chaumeil On The Cast Some image caption 1 A Long Way Down: Imogen Poots On Jess Some image caption 1 A Long Way Down: Aaron Paul On J.J. Directed by Pascal Chaumeil. Allerdings verdient er sich sein Geld inzwischen mit dem Ausliefern von Pizza. So she lied to him. Not to be confused with the Charlie Boorman series Long Way Down. So she slapped him in the face, because Chas offended Jess and didn’t apologize. And the reason for that is her disabled son who can’t neither walk, talk nor recognize anything that is going on in the world around him. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Maybe that sounds very hard, but also it shows her desperation. A Long Way Down - Clip - Martin & Maureen. 104 quotes from A Long Way Down: ‘I don't know you. 1 comment so far. Maureen is a 51-year-old mother of a disabled son. BOPFLIX session with rock 'n' roll band - THE HILLBILLY MOON EXPLOSION (Switzerland) performing track 'Long Way Down' (from the album 'All Grown Up, 2007). So we can understand that the religion was the only thing, which gave her a hope, but when she totaly lost her hope, she does not care a lot about her next life. Page 91. ( Log Out /  Für JJ war die Band und das Musikmachen von großer Bedeutung. For example: she had sexual intercourse out of wedlock, thus got Matty and a miserable life. One never senses any actual danger or urgency in the plight of these characters to battle their demons before they kill them, and the lack of any sense that these people might actually end their lives drains the piece of drama. Maureen is a 45 years old woman who has a handicapped son called Matty. All in all I think Maureen is a very friendly person and liked by all the others. The only thing I know about you is, you're reading this. Maureen has to look after him night and day and you probably can imagine that she really is in pain (she even takes anti-depressants!). Change ). In addition to it, her little world is limited by her own house and by a local church. It is a dark comedy, playing off the themes of suicide, angst, depression and promiscuity. And exactly then, she got pregnant and consequently gave birth to a handicapped son. For the film of the same name, see A Long Way Down (film). ( Log Out /  Not to be confused with the Charlie Boorman series Long Way Down.A Long Way Down is a novel written by British author Nick Hornby, published in 2005. She really loves him, but he also destroyed her life so she wants to die. And day to day her situation becomes more and more difficult… Nobody in this world can understand her or better to say that nobody want to understand her. Up & down est un film réalisé par Pascal Chaumeil avec Pierce Brosnan, Toni Collette. Maureen seems to be a very shy and reserved woman and also not very selfconfident, because she doesn’t talk that much and if she says anything she seems to be very doubtful. Overview. He de aclarar que no trata el tema del suicidio con seriedad pero si con profundidad. She has to stay with Matty all day at home so she can't really have a social life. It is not his fault and it is not Maureen’s fault… It is fault of the nature if we can say so and nobody can cure the boy. Maureen is a mittle-aged single-mum. In his eagerly awaited fourth novel, New York Times-bestselling author Nick Hornby mines the hearts and psyches of four lost souls who connect just when they've reached the end of the line.

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