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Release Date
• USA: May 28, 1999
• UK: 7 Jan 2000
DVD Release Date
• R1: Dec 7, 1999
Budget $4,000,000
MPAA Rating
Rated R for strong sexual images, pervasive nudity, violence and language.
Running Time
1 hour, 46 minutes
Country USA, UK
Studio Red Mullet Productions, Sony Pictures Classics, Summit Entertainment
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Other Titles
• The Loss of Sexual Innocence
• The Death and Loss of Sexual Innocence (1998)
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Genre: Drama, Coming Of Age, Revenge, On The Road, Erotic, Marriage
Plot: The ambitions announced in the title THE LOSS OF SEXUAL INNOCENCE are realized in the concept of the film itself--the tale of a modern man intercut with scenes of Adam and Eve's fall. Writer-director Mike Figgis charts episodes in the sexual life of Nic (played as an adult by Julian Sands), a filmmaker who seems a lot like Figgis himself. (Nic, like Figgis, is raised in Africa and lives in England as a teenager.) As these episodes build to form a psychological portrait of Nic, Figgis flashes to a naked Adam being born from the center of a lake, then to the birth of Eve, their discoveries of the world, Eve's encounter with the serpent, and their expulsion from the garden. The modern story and the biblical one are not necessarily parallel, but their grim conclusions are inextricably linked in a universal cycle of sin and retribution. The film is almost wordless, relying instead on striking imagery and beautiful 16mm handheld camerawork. Figgis fades to black within scenes to create the pulsing effect he employed in MISS JULIE; he also uses title cards to play with the narrative and heighten the allegorical nature of this challenging film.
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Mike Figgis
Leaving Las Vegas, Cold Creek Manor, Timecode |
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| Written by |
Mike Figgis
Leaving Las Vegas, Cold Creek Manor, Timecode |
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| Cast |
Julian Sands
Leaving Las Vegas, Arachnophobia, The Killing Fields |
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 | Kelly Macdonald
Trainspotting, Finding Neverland, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy |
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 | Bernard Hill
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Titanic |
 | Stefano Dionisi
Farinelli the Castrato, Sleepless, Gloomy Sunday - Ein Lied von Liebe und Tod | Gina McKee
Notting Hill, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Croupier | |
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| Music By |
Mike Figgis
Leaving Las Vegas, Cold Creek Manor, Timecode |
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