The Place Beyond the Pines

The Place Beyond the Pines is a 2012 American crime drama film directed by Derek Cianfrance and written by Cianfrance, Ben Coccio, and Darius Marder. It stars Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper, Eva Mendes, Emory Cohen and Dane DeHaan, with Ben Mendelsohn, Rose Byrne, Mahershala Ali, Bruce Greenwood, Harris Yulin, and Ray Liotta in supporting roles. The film reunites Cianfrance and Gosling, who worked together on 2010s Blue Valentine. The film was scored by Mike Patton and also featured previously written music by Estonian composer Arvo Prt. The title is the English meaning of the city of Schenectady, New York, which is derived loosely from a Mohawk word for place beyond the pine plains.

Robin reveals he was once a bank robber and offers to partner with Luke in hitting several local banks. They perform several successful heists, in which Luke does the robbery, then uses his motorbike as a getaway vehicle and drives it up a ramp into a truck driven by Robin. Luke uses his share of the money to win back Rominas trust and visits her and his son more often. He asks Romina to be able to give the baby ice cream for the first time, and the three spend some quality time together, but Romina is sad. Kofi objects to Lukes presence and the two get into a fight at Kofis house, resulting in Lukes arrest after he hits Kofi in the head with a pair of pliers. Romina files a restraining order against Luke, vowing that he will never see his son again. After Robin bails him out of jail, Luke insists on resuming their bank robberies. Robin objects, not wanting to press their luck, and the two have a fallingout that results in Robin dismantling the motorbike and Luke, at gunpoint, taking back the bail money he had repaid Robin.Luke attempts to rob a bank alone and is pursued by police. He falls off his bike during the chase and seeks refuge in a singlefamily house, where he is pursued by rookie police officer Avery Cross. Luke retreats until he is cornered upstairs and calls Romina. Just before Avery confronts him, Luke asks Romina not to tell their child about who he was. Avery enters the room and accidentally fires his gun, hitting Luke in the stomach. Luke fires back, hitting Avery in the leg before falling backwards out of the window. Avery crawls to the window and looks out to see Luke dying on the pavement. Upon being questioned about the shooting, Avery reluctantly states that Luke fired first. ........

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