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Release Date
• USA: Jan 26, 1996
DVD Release Date
• R1: Mar 19, 2002
MPAA Rating
Rated R for strong sexuality and graphic nudity.
Running Time
1 hour, 56 minutes
Country USA, UK
Studio Samuel Goldwyn Company
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Other Titles
• Angels & Insects
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Genre: Romance, Drama, Suspense, Erotic, Disturbing, Racy, Period Piece, Experimental, Bugs, Love
Tagline: An Elegant Seduction. An Erotic Deception. A Stunning Revelation.
Plot: In this sexually charged Victorian drama, based on a novella by A. S. Byatt, Mark Rylance plays William Adamson, a naturalist who has just arrived back in England after a long stay in the Amazon, where he studied insects. He has lost nearly all his worldly possessions in a terrible shipwreck, but is offered an assistant position at the country estate of a wealthy aristocrat (and fellow entomologist), Sir Harold Alabaster. William soon grows enamored of the languid Eugenia (Patsy Kensit), Alabaster's lovely but distant oldest daughter, who is mourning her fiancé's recent death. Although Eugenia's arrogant brother, Edgar, disapproves of the match, William and Eugenia marry and over the years have a number of children. Also staying with the Alabasters is an educated but poor distant relative (played by Kristin Scott Thomas), who plays a vital role in the shocking drama that unfolds when William discovers a dark, illicit family secret involving his wife, Edgar, and Eugenia's dead lover. The acclaimed second film by director Philip Haas, ANGELS & INSECTS is a lavish period piece incorporating original costumes and opulent imagery.
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Philip Haas
Up at the Villa, The Music of Chance, Lathe of Heaven |
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| Belinda Haas
Up at the Villa, The Music of Chance, The Blood Oranges |
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| Cast |
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 | Patsy Kensit
Lethal Weapon 2, The Great Gatsby, Hanover Street |
 | Mark Rylance
Intimacy, Prospero's Books, Institute Benjamenta | Jeremy Kemp
Top Secret!, A Bridge Too Far, Uncommon Valor | Douglas Henshall
It's All About Love, Kull the Conqueror, The Man with Rain in His Shoes | | Chris Larkin
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, Jane Eyre, Hitler: The Rise of Evil | |
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