Title:
Damage
... aka Fatale
Released: 1992
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 111 min
Country: UK /
France
Language: English
/ French
Tagline:
Desire... Deceit... Destiny...
Plot
Summary: A member of Parliament (Irons)
falls passionately in love with his son's fiancée.
They pursue their affair with obsessive abandon despite
the dangers of discovery and what it would do to his
complacent life and his son. Completely obsessed,
he wants to give up his current lifestyle to be with
her. She has no intention of allowing him to do this,
preferring to have her marriage to the son as a cover.
They are eventually discovered, and must deal with
the damage. Based on the novel by Josephine Hart.
Comments:
A
Louise Malle masterpiece of unbridled passion! Fatale
(Damage) is one of the most deeply lustful and emotionally
charged films I've seen in years, a true Louise Malle
masterpiece of unbridled passion. The love scenes
are hot, to say the least, and I'll never be able
to look at Julliet Binochet again without remembering
them. Jeremy Irons does incredible work here and Amanda
Richardson, who's part really doesn't require much
during most of the movie, actually steals the film
with some over the top acting at the end. However,
it's Julliet Binochet who anchors this fine movie
with her riveting performance and her strong and quite
impressive visual presence. I simply couldn't take
my eyes off her whenever she was on screen.
Cast
overview:
Jeremy Irons .... Doctor Stephen Fleming
Juliette Binoche .... Anna Barton
Miranda Richardson .... Ingrid Fleming
Rupert Graves .... Martyn Fleming
Ian Bannen .... Edward Lloyd
Peter Stormare .... Peter Wetzler
Gemma Clarke .... Sally Fleming
Julian Fellowes .... Donald Lyndsay, MP
Leslie Caron .... Elizabeth Prideaux
Tony Doyle .... Prime Minister
Ray Gravell .... Raymond (as Raymond Gravell)
Susan Engel .... Miss Snow
David Thewlis .... Detective
Benjamin Whitrow .... Civil Servant
Jeff Nuttall .... Trevor Leigh Davies MP
Movie
scenes preview:
Scene #1
featured
actress:
Scene #2
featured
actress:
