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Message: [QUOTE="HuskyHawk, post: 5103444, member: 1414"] [B]Byzantium.[/B] Stumbled across a 2012 movie directed by Neil Jordan. Set in Ireland and England, starring Gemma Arterton (looking pretty amazing) as Clara and Saoirse Ronan as Eleanor. It tells the tale partly in current time and partly via flashbacks. Clara is a prostitute and Eleanor is her daughter. What we learn is that they are vampires of a sort. I think it relies on a specific Irish legend of vampires that differs from the common approach (despite Bram Stoker being Irish). This is slowly paced and brooding at times, but it's well made and is an interesting tale. Clara's story is rather tragic, and though a powerful person in some ways, she's utterly powerless in most. Ronan is quite good (she was 18) and the role matches her well. Eleanor is quiet, smart, an introvert, and really has nobody she can talk to or share her story with. Definitely a different spin on vampires. [/QUOTE]