Directed by:
Mike NewellScreenplay:
Shelagh DelaneyCinematography:
Peter HannanComposer:
Richard HartleyCast:
Miranda Richardson, Rupert Everett, Ian Holm, Stratford Johns, Joanne Whalley, Tom Chadbon, Lesley Manville, Charles Cork, Michael Jenn, David Troughton (more)Plots(1)
Ruth Ellis (Richardson) is a private dancer with a tough exterior. But her armor begins to crack when she meets wealthy racecar driver David Blakely (Everett). And despite warnings against the affair by her friend and would-be lover Desmond Cussen (Holm), Ellis is quickly seduced by Blakely's charms. But when his passions turn cold, she is caught in a dark dance of obsession that gives way to desperation and finally culminates in a deadly confrontation that shatters the stillness one fateful night with a shocking act'that may ultimately destroy them both. (official distributor synopsis)
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This is not a particularly spectacular drama based on a true event, but it is all the more so built on a pitch-perfect performance by Miranda Richardson and a very conscientious production that I had no trouble believing that it was set in 1954-1955. Rupert Everett and Ian Holm are properly sleazy and the whole thing is wonderfully twisted. And if evil in movies has a logical justification, I say a resounding yes.
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