Charlie Countryman (2013) on Netflix
After his mother's death, Charlie Countryman flies to Bucharest carrying a message for Gabi, a Romanian cellist. He falls for her, but her estranged husband Nigel is a violent criminal.
- Netflix3.8/5
- IMDb6.3/1030,943 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes27%
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Plot summary
Charlie Countryman is in a Chicago hospital when his mother dies, and before she goes she asks him to travel to Bucharest. On the flight he befriends Victor, a Romanian man returning home. Victor dies in his sleep, and his spirit asks Charlie to carry a gift and a last message to his daughter, Gabi. Charlie finds her at the airport and is drawn to her at once. Gabi plays cello at the Romanian Athenaeum, and she is estranged from her husband, Nigel. After a performance, Nigel confronts her and meets Charlie, making his resentment clear.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Charlie Countryman (2013)
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- Shia LaBeouf took real LSD to shoot the acid-trip scenes, saying he needed it to reach his character's head and to follow acting heroes such as Sean Penn, who strapped himself into the electric chair for Dead Man Walking.
- LaBeouf walked away from the film early on and Zac Efron briefly held the title role, until LaBeouf came back in August 2010; the original director, Dante Ariola, left before a frame was shot.
- Evan Rachel Wood criticized the American censors for insisting on a cut to a scene in which her character receives oral sex from Shia LaBeouf, while they took no issue with the film's many violent scenes.
