The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby
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| Directed by | Ned Benson |
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| Written by | Ned Benson |
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| Music by | Son Lux |
| Cinematography | Christopher Blauvelt |
| Edited by | Kristina Boden |
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| Distributed by | The Weinstein Company |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $3 million (sale price) |
| Box office | $985,007 (all versions) |
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby is the collective title of three films written and directed by Ned Benson. The films star Jessica Chastain and James McAvoy, and is Benson's first feature film project.
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby is broken into three films, Him, Her, and Them. Him and Her were screened at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival as a "work in progress".Them premiered in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.Them premiered in the United States on September 12, 2014, while Him and Her were released together as a double feature on October 10, 2014 in select art house cinemas.
All three films follow the same time period, but are told from the differing perspectives of Conor Ludlow (James McAvoy) and Eleanor Rigby (Jessica Chastain), a young married couple living in New York. Him looks at their relationship from Conor's angle, while Her follows Eleanor's. Them has the two separate films edited into a linear story; this is the version used for DVD and Blu-ray releases and broadcasting.
Conor spends his days working in his restaurant while his wife Eleanor returns to college for further education. During the course of their daily lives, the couple encounters a life changing event that threatens the stability of their marriage.
Eleanor's parents named her after the Beatles song "Eleanor Rigby", as they met waiting for a rumored Beatles concert in New York that never happened.
While on a date Connor (James McAvoy) reveals to his date, Eleanor (Jessica Chastain) that he doesn't have enough money to pay for their meal. The two dine and dash.
Years later Connor runs a pub and is married to Eleanor. On a break, he visits Eleanor in their apartment, where she is depressed and confined to her bed after the death of their son. She tells him that she dreamed that he had an affair and she thinks it would be better for them if he did cheat on her. Connor is upset by what she is saying, but dismisses it. The following day returning home, he finds the apartment empty and receives a phone call that Eleanor has been hospitalized following a suicide attempt. At the hospital, Eleanor tells him she wants to separate and asks him to let her disappear for a while. Shortly after, Eleanor disconnects her phone and cuts off all communication.
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