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Speaking Parts
- Director: Atom Egoyan
- Writer: Atom Egoyan
- Producer: Atom Egoyan; Camelia Frieberg
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Egoyan at his worst...
Not only is it a tedious watch - considering it is about male prostitution - it has to be the most mis-cast film in the entire universe.
No-one - in their right mind - would pay to have sex with this ugly muppet.
As for the besotted chambermaid...she and all his other clients - they would rip apart any half-decent bloke who came within a few miles of them - such is their obvious [sexual] desperation.
Dismal - in every way imaginable.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
A struggling actor's job as a hotel custodian is a front for his real job: being rented out as a gigolo by his supervisor. A co-worker is obsessed with him, but he ignores and avoids her. He leaves his acting resume in the hotel room of a screenwriter, who is casting for a TV movie based on the true story of her deceased brother. She hires him to play the lead and the two begin an affair. She becomes increasingly distraught as it becomes evident that the movie's producer is changing her story. Egoyan's trademark tangle of bizarre relationships surrounds the protagonists on their way to a mind-blowing conclusion. A hypnotic, fascinating film.
Cast & Characters
Michael McManus as Lance;
Arsinee Khanjian as Lisa;
Gabrielle Rose as Clara;
Tony Nardi as Eddy;
David Hemblen as Producer;
Patricia Collins as Housekeeper;
Gerard Parkes as Father;
Jacqueline Samuda as Bride;
Peter Krantz as Groom;
Patrick Tierney as Eddy's colleague at video store