Luca Guadagnino’s silly romance may turn you off sex and tennis both
. But when it comes to dramas, there’s something about the repetitive back-and-forth nature of the sport that convinces filmmakers that it’s a sport perfect to convey sexy melodrama and devious intentions.
The setup looks like a typical rich mouse/poor mouse tale, with superstar Art Donaldson slumming it at a low-level tournament in New Jersey, facing off against burnout Patrick Zweig . In the stands is Tashi , Art’s wife and manager, whounderstand tennis at a deeper level than anyone else because when the crowd looks left, she looks right.
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