UK / Netherlands,
1985, 115 min
Directed by:
Peter GreenawayScreenplay:
Peter GreenawayCinematography:
Sacha ViernyComposer:
Michael NymanCast:
Brian Deacon, Andréa Ferréol, Eric Deacon, Frances Barber, Joss Ackland, Ken Campbell, Geoffrey Palmer, David Attenborough (narrator), Wolf Kahler (more)Plots(1)
A car collides with a swan outside Rotterdam Zoo. Two women passengers die and the driver, Alma, has to have her leg amputated. Obsessed with the accident, the husbands of the dead women – twins at that – embark on a strange affair with Alma. (MUBI)
Cast
Brian Deacon
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Eric Deacon
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Frances Barber
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Ken Campbell
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Geoffrey Palmer
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David Attenborough (narrator)
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Wolf Kahler
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Guusje van Tilborgh
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