Saffrom Burrows (Deep Blue Sea) and Peter Mullan (Transpotting) deliver "riveting performances" (Newsday) in this tale of desire, passion, and betrayal that pits upper class against lower class in a "superbly staged battle between the sexes" (Detour). With a script based on August Strindberg's famous play and written for the screen by Helen Cooper, Miss Julie director Mike Figgis (Leaving Las Vegas) presents a taut and intimate story, "holding you with the intensity of his vision and his mastery of nuance" (Los Angeles Times) from beginning to end.
On a late 19th-Century estate, a celebration of wine and beer lets loose inhibitions... and inner passions. Jean (Mullan), the Count's footman, takes the advances of the Count's daughter (Burrows) too far with a scandalous encounter in the kitchen. And over one night, it becomes clear that these two lost souls desperately need each other in order to escape the confines - and trappings - of their lives. But can a servant support a noblewoman, who, withoug her father's money, is no more privileged than he?
Movie Data |
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Cast |
Saffrom Burrows, Peter Mullan, Maria Doyle Kennedy |
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Genre |
Psychological Thriller |
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Language |
English |
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Running Time |
101 min / Color |
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Rated |
R |
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Year and Screen |
1999 (Widescreen Version) |
Quality
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DVD
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- 4,183,648Kb
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Quantity: |
SL (3), wmv (L) |