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Loss of Sexual Innocence (The)

Country: UK, Language: English, 106 mins

  • Director: Mike Figgis
  • Writer: Mike Figgis
  • Producer: Mike Figgis; Barney Reisz

CGiii Comment

Make what you want from this - but, don't expect to be sitting on the edge of your seat, gripped with interest.

This is Figgis-goes-arty - slightly reminiscent of Davies' work but where Davies succeeds, Figgis fails.

There is some beautiful imagery but the confused and indulgent narrative will have you reaching for the STOP button.


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The(ir) Blurb...

Non-linear film tells the sexual story of a film director from his life at age 5, 12 and 16, a man embarking on his first film in 1950s Tunisia, and finally to his current life. Along the way, as a teen, he has sexual exploits with an older woman, gets involved with an Italian couple in Tunisia that culminates in the killing of a local boy and the brutal revenge murder of the woman and, ultimately, is married to a cold woman.

Cast & Characters

Julian Sands as Adult Nic;
Saffron Burrows as English / Italian Twin;
Stefano Dionisi as Luca;
Kelly Macdonald as Susan;
Gina McKee as Susan's Mother;
Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Nic, aged 16;
Bernard Hill as Susan's Father;
Rossy de Palma as Blind Woman;
John Cowey as Nic, aged 5;
Nina McKay as Mixed Race Girl;
Dickson Osa-Omorogbe as Wangi;
Jock Gibson Cowl as Old Colonial Man;
Justin Chadwick as Flash Man;
Femi Ogunbanjo as Adam;
Hanne Klintoe as Eve