This is photographer Anton Corbijn's directorial debut.
The film is set in the Abruzzo region of Italy and is based upon the book "A Very Private Gentleman" by Martin Booth.
Corbijn has stated that he wanted to make a modern western and in many respects that is exactly what he did.
Clooney plays a CIA operative ready for retirement who just wants to go away with the woman of his dreams (a local prostitute). He just has to finish one last job and then they're off...
But it doesn't quite work out with a "happily ever after" ending...
The film is beautiful to look at, however, it is lacking in the story department as many cliches seem to have been borrowed from films before.
