The Public

The Public

  • Director: Emilio Estevez
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English, Sign Languages
  • Release date: July 25, 2019
  • Aspect ratio: 2.39 : 1
  • Also known as: La biblioteca
  • "The Public" is a drama film directed by Emilio Estevez and starring Alec Baldwin, Emilio Estevez, Jena Malone , Tyler Schilling, etc., released in January 2018 It opens at the Santa Barbara Film Festival on the 31st and opens in the United States on April 5th, 2019.
    The film tells the story of the sudden arrival of winter, a cold air from the North Pole headed south without warning and attacked the southwestern city of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. How to deal with extreme weather, all parties continue to speculate on the truth of the matter, trying to restore the truth s story.

    Details

    • Release date July 25, 2019
    • Filming locations Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
    • Production companies Hammerstone Studios, e2 Films, Cedarvale Pictures

    Box office

    Gross US & Canada

    $573,503

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $259,455

    Gross worldwide

    $644,740

    Movie reviews

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    • By Caterina 2022-12-16 11:24:15

      "untitled"

      The ideology is very stable, and it even has enough humanistic feelings. Homeless, old people, at least they are human, and old or homeless are just adjectives. You can't deprive them of their human capital and power just because he's old and he's wandering. The power of knowledge is sacred and inviolable in my heart. It is the last bastion of conscience and the last line of defense of human rights. This point is well structured. I remembered a story. Once upon a time, there was a spiritual...

    • By Virginia 2022-10-13 01:45:18

      conscience

      A kind and thoughtful work, each character is set: 1. A girl who was a slutty girl and is now a building maintenance manager, so as to know the secrets of each unit , a typical bureaucrat only solves problems 7. The director of the library was a general administrative staff at first, he only talked about procedures and didn’t want to be rude, but later he was not owned by the police, reaffirming that the library is the public and a democratic bastion of knowledge, and finally he joined a...

    • By Paula 2022-06-17 19:07:35

      Conscience belongs to human beings

      Conscience: After watching the movie "Fortress of Conscience", this is a story that will happen in a city where the weather is getting colder and colder. Many homeless people without any welfare guarantee can only go to the library every day to warm up. They are full of In every corner of the library, they also surf the Internet, read books, and have aspirations. Librarians are also used to seeing...

    • By Josue 2022-06-17 16:49:12

      closed and old-fashioned

      I like the original name of public more than Fortress of Conscience. It's a double entendre anyway. There are two common ways of dealing with small enclosed spaces, the more old-fashioned hero of the people, and the more recent fashion of perfect strangers. The public chooses the former. Apart from the background being a library, there is nothing new in the main storyline. If there is no premise of the largest blockade of modern human beings, it is normal to watch it. The main theme must...

    • By Elouise 2022-06-17 15:57:41

      make some noise to wake up

      It is ironic that I have been accused of claiming hundreds of thousands of dollars and arrested for occupying the library in order not to freeze to death. Although I am critical, I am often thinking of the police. I should think about whether there is really some problem. , make some noise, this is very important, the host from the initial indifference finally has some meaning to be awakened, forget where to look, the miracle is that most people think that it is impossible to actually get...

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    • By Lottie 2023-09-23 09:46:36

      Narrative editing, script, performance lines are very prominent, with idealistic and realistic care for disadvantaged groups. It can be said that 2019SIFF is the first movie that surprised me! "The Grapes of Wrath" is a must-read in American high schools, so the director also took the opportunity to satirize those flashy...

    • By Sam 2023-09-21 15:07:43

      The story is good, but the pace is a big...

    • By Esmeralda 2023-09-07 21:25:15

      What if it happened in the...

    • By Elza 2023-08-20 19:37:34

      After reading this, I don't know how to comment. A night of homeless people at the bottom huddled together for warmth. The main reason to keep watching is to see how it ends. The non-resistance of undressing at the end is quite touching. In reality, there will be a rescue station. Quoting "The Grapes of Wrath" has the meaning of "the wine and meat of Zhumen stink, and the road has frozen...

    • By Lee 2023-08-11 13:31:28

      U.S. public utilities help homeless...

    Movie plot

    The film tells the story of the sudden arrival of winter, and a cold air from the North Pole descended without warning and hit Cincinnati, a city in the southwestern state of Ohio, USA. Public library administrators and homeless people disagree about how to deal with extreme weather, some of whom shelter in libraries at night to protect themselves from the freezing cold outside. However, this initially modest act of resistance...
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    Movie quotes

    • Josh Davis: Stuart Goodson... What is it with this guy? He seems hell bent on ruining my week!

      Anderson: He thinks he's saving people's lives by keeping them out of the cold.

      Josh Davis: Well, we have shelters in place for that!

      Ernesto Ramirez: Well, apparently not enough of them!

      Josh Davis: So that's what this is all about? It's some sort of exercise in civil disobedience?

    • Anderson: I'm not in a position to declare our library an emergency shelter.

      Stuart Goodson: People are freezing to death in our own city! How can you be okay with that?

      Anderson: Woah, hey! I'm not! I'm not okay with it.

      Stuart Goodson: Okay, you could call the mayor's office, call the mayor's office right now!

      Anderson: Mr. Goodson... Stuart. Listen. The board trustees want you gone. That's what's going on. I'm trying, but I'm having a difficult time making a case for you to stay here. So no, the library will not be an emergency shelter tonight, tomorrow, not ever.

      Stuart Goodson: ...They wanna fire me?

      Anderson: They'd prefer if you tendered your resignation.

      Stuart Goodson: I was following library protocol... they wanna fire me for doing my job?

      Anderson: I'm sorry. It's out of my control.

      [Walks away from Stuart]

      Stuart Goodson: Out of your control? You have no idea how much shit is about to get out of your control, sir!

    • Jackson: Reckon there's gonna be a hundred angry cops at the door soon, huh? You know there's a lot of vets in here. Can't imagine they'd care either way...

      Stuart Goodson: We're all a bunch of bums, Jackson. Don't you know that?

      Jackson: They gonna get in, they always do. This time, I'm a fight back.

      Stuart Goodson: It's a fight you'll lose.