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    As a director, Mélanie Laurent brings an emotional core to the pulpy crime story of 'Galveston'

    by Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times Oct 29, 2018 5 minutes

    The most surprising thing about "Galveston" may be that it is surprising at all.

    Based on the 2010 novel of the same name by Nic Pizzolatto, the controversial, iconoclastic writer behind the "True Detective" television series, the film's story is, in essence, made of spare parts put to new use. A mob enforcer (Ben Foster) on the run finds himself with a young prostitute (Elle Fanning) in tow, and the two realize they need each other, creating deeply felt bonds based in lives of diverted dreams, compromised positions and a desperate, yearning need for any hope at all.

    Under the direction of French actress and filmmaker Melanie Laurent, in her English-language directing debut, stars Foster and Fanning bring a powerful reservoir of emotions to what could simply be a sleazy crime story. (Lili

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