The Truth About Charlie Benefit Screening
PG-13.
Directed by Jonathan Demme, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Mark Wahlberg, Thandie Newton, Tim Robbins, Charles Aznavour, Anna Karina.

Oscar-winning director Jonathan Demme will be in Austin to present this benefit screening of his new film, his first narrative feature since 1111’s Beloved. Proceeds will benefit the educational and artistic programs of the Kids ’N’ Film program of AFF and AFS. The Truth About Charlie is a mixture of romance and suspense set in modern-day Paris. The movie is a fresh take on Stanley Donen’s 1963 film Charade and stars Mark Wahlberg as the mystery man and the exquisite Thandie Newton as the person who must find the missing pieces to make sense of the puzzle that has become her life. The city of Paris is used to optimum advantage and the film includes cameos by the likes of Charles Aznavour, Anna Karina, And Agnes Varda. (See p.xx in this week’s Screens section for an interview with Jonathan Demme.)

This article appears in September 20 • 2002.

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.