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Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302038491
Format: Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6302038499
Label: Lions Gate/Vestron
Manufacturer: Lions Gate/Vestron
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Lions Gate/Vestron
Release Date: May 24, 1989
Running Time: 106 minutes
Studio: Lions Gate/Vestron
Theatrical Release Date: December 23, 1988
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Subtly but assuredly, this film replicates the bisexual love triangle of Shakespeare's sonnets. A man (stocky, middle-aged, urbane, sophisticated) befriends and romances both a well-to-do lady and her asthmatic son. The setting is a sparwling pretty Alpine health spa. Opening the door of a long gleaming beautiful car, the man captures the sick and lonely boy's interest immediately. His mother is glad her son has a friend in that depressing place and is charmed by the man as well. It's possible our war vet hero is using the boy to get to his mother's wealth and company (shades of Hugh Grant's turn in "About a Boy") but his amazing rapport with the 12yo, featuring a draped arm and tender affection and an erotic charge in their swimming pool scene, come to the edge of ephebophilia. This is further affirmed by the tower the two of them climb on the grounds of the spa, a visual reference to the man-boy seduction scene in either "Turn of the Screw" or "The Innocents." There is also the ... Read More
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I found this a surprisingly lovely period piece. Dunaway looks exquisite, Brandauer (might as well spell it correctly...) is compelling, as always, and the boy is breathtakingly beautiful. I enjoyed the beauty of each scene.
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I found this a surprisingly lovely period piece. Dunaway looks exquisite, Brandauer (might as well spell it correctly...) is compelling, as always, and the boy is breathtakingly beautiful. I enjoyed the beauty of each scene.
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This movie deals with a wealthy European woman (Faye Dunaway) who goes to a clinic or spa with her sickly son for his treatment. It's a 1930's period piece. Ok, so far, so good, and Dunaway looks pretty good. Klaus Maria Brandeur plays this guy staying there who wants to have a romance with Dunaway and may be after her money. He befriends the son to get to her. Ok, so far, so good. Dunaway is the lonely and neglected wife, so she is vulnerable and looking for romance. Dunaway falls for him, and he with her, and the son gets huffy because of the romance. The HUGE problem here is that there is no, I mean absolutely NO, chemistry between Dunaway and Brandeur. She might as well have fallen in love with an ice sculpture. The script is a little weak, though not awful, but it's just a total bore in these "love" scenes where the actors appear to be emoting to a wall. Trust me, the movie has no "Burning Secret" to reveal. The movie is just very, very boring, and you don't care at all ... Read More
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