Psychiatrist Alex becomes sexually obsessed with Milena, a woman whom he meets at a party. The pair become involved in an intense and mutually destructive love affair. A sick film made by sick people for sick people.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 2 hr. 3 min.
- Country, year
- United Kingdom, 1980
- Genre
- Drama
- Language
- English
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian
- Age rating
- N/A
Credits
- Director
- Nicolas Roeg
- Screenplay
- Yale Udoff
- Cinematography
- Anthony B. Richmond
- Music
- Richard Hartley
- Cast
- Art Garfunkel, Theresa Russell, Harvey Keitel, Denholm Elliott, Daniel Massey
- More information
- www.imdb.com
Festivals and awards
- People’s Choice Award
- ALFS Award for Director of the Year
- Best Actor.
Director
Nicolas Roeg
Nicolas Roeg was born in 1928 in London. When he was 19 years old, he started working in film industry as editing apprentice and worked his way up to cinematographer in twelve years. He went to shoot films for such directors as François Truffaut, John Schlesinger or Richard Lester. Roeg made his directorial debut with Performance in 1970. During the decade he produced his best known works: Don’t Look Now (1973), The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976), Bad Timing (1980). Roeg established himself as innovative and influential director challenging conventional film narration.
