Intimate Relations (1996)

Regisseur:

Philip Goodhew

Drehbuchautor:

Philip Goodhew (writer)

Premierendatum:

6. Juni 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Komödie | Drama

Werbezeile:

In the Spring of 1956, in a quaint little town, a crime took place, that shocked a nation... This is the true story.

Plot:

Harold Guppy moves into the Beasley household as a lodger. Before long Mrs. Beasley falls for him and eventually ends up in his bed...

Plot Keywords:

1950s | Black Comedy | Cheat On Husband | Adulterous Wife | Independent Film

Filmpreise:

2 wins & 2 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Shockingly good psychological thriller & true

Besetzung

Julie Walters	...	Marjorie Beasley
Rupert Graves	...	Harold Guppy
Matthew Walker	...	Stanley Beasley
Laura Sadler	...	Joyce Beasley
Holly Aird	...	Deirdre
Les Dennis	...	Maurice Guppy
Elizabeth McKechnie	...	Iris Guppy
James Aiden	...	George
Michael Bertenshaw	...	Mr. Pugh
Judy Clifton	...	Mrs. Fox-Davies
Christopher Cook	...	Deirdre's Baby
Candace Hallinan	...	Pauline
Charles Hart	...	Hotel Receptionist
George Hart	...	Car Vendor
Amanda Holden	...	Pamela

Alternativ:

Bed & Breakfast - Die Miete zahlt der Tod (Deutschland) [de]

MPAA:

Rated R for distrubing sexual situations, a scene of related violence and some language.

Länge:

USA:105 Min

Produktionsland:

UK | Canada

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Altersfreigabe:

Finland:K-16 | Iceland:16 | Germany:12 (video rating) | Germany:16 | UK:15 | USA:R

Drehorte:

Abergavenny, Gwent, Wales, UK

Firma:

Boxer Films

Dialogzitate:

Harold Guppy: I like being told what to do. I'm used to it.

Shockingly good psychological thriller & true

This is not a film for everyone - it does have scenes that could be disturbing for some people - like when the daughter climbs into bed with Mum & the tenant.

However, nothing overtly graphic is shown.

I found this film absolutely fascinating because of the way it builds psychologically on the mental peculiarities of the people involved.

Harold Guppy, an English sailor, comes home--home being his only relative--a married brother--he has not seen in years. However, there's a falling out and Harold rents a room from a family in the area.

This family consists of Seymour, Marjorie and their 13 year old daughter, Joyce.

Seymour, a war veteran, has but one leg. It is not clear if this is what is off-setting to his wife, Marjorie, or not. The fact she either had, or pretended to have, some kind of medical condition several years ago, is the reason she gives her husband for why she won't have marital relations with him--and the two have separate bedrooms.

Joyce, the young girl, however, shares the bedroom with Mum--as she likes to be called. She even tells her young tenant to call her Mum.

It is quickly obvious to the viewer that Marjorie is a couple of cans short of having a six pack. She definitely has a rather peculiar way of reacting to things--such as her daughter getting her first period--and the daughter later coming into the tenant's bedroom and catching Mum in the sack with him.

The daughter, Joyce, is given to rather odd outbursts of a somewhat morbid nature from time to time, and so it is apparent that she too, isn't quite as mentally healthy as she could be.

The reason I gave this film a rating of 9 rather than 10 is because there is a scene where Harold takes Joyce to the hotel. This scene is crucial to what transpires later between the 3 principal characters - yet no explanation is ever given for why Harold made this decision--just what he was trying to accomplish.

The tensions mount--and as a viewer, I kept feeling someone was going to get it--but who, when, how, and why--unless this tangled trio's relationships end.

The person you expect to be the victim of mayhem shifts as the characters twist and turn in a vicious entwining of anger, hatred, and sense of entrapment builds and builds together with the growing madness. In which one character's insanity contributes, in my opinion, to the mental state of the others.