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Angels & Insects

Angels & Insects

Showing from: Now showing
Director: Philip Haas
Cast: Mark Rylance, Patsy Kensit, Jeremy Kemp, Douglas Henshall, Kristin Scott Thomas
Genre: Drama, Romance
Price: £2.00
Certificate: 18
Year: 1995
Duration: 113 mins

Stunning Victorian drama based on a novel by AS Byatt. A young scientist is introduced into an aristocratic family, where he finds intrigue brewing beneath the surface. This causes revelations about the family's own failures and passions.

Film Trivia

  • The film was made popular by its erotic imagery and startling sex scenes.
  • Based on a novel by bestselling author A.S. Byatt, who won the Booker Prize for her novel ‘Possession’, which was also made into a film in 2002 starring Aaron Eckhart and Gwyneth Paltrow.
  • Director Philip Haas has a reputation for unusual and highly symbolic filmmaking which is clearly evident in this film.

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