Loss of Sexual Innocence (The)
- 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.
Trailer...
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