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Actors: Natasha Richardson, Ian McKellen, Joss Ackland, Hugh Bonneville
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Asylum |
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Directed by David Mackenzie in 2004. Max and Stella Raphael have just arrived in Max's new workplace, a mental institution where he's been hired as psychiatrist and assistant director. Whereas Max is dedicated to his work with the hope to become director of the hospital when his superior retires, Stella is bored and notices soon a patient of Doctor Peter Cleave, Edgar Stark, who is authorized to work in the gardens of the hospital. Stella and Jack quickly become lovers and start an impassioned relation although Stella learned that Edgar is locked up in this asylum because he wildly assassinated his wife during a violent crisis of jealousy.
A few weeks later, Edgar manages to escape from the institution and contacts soon Stella who will join up with him each week in London. She finally decides to leave her husband and to live with Edgar. A few days later, the police force manages to arrest her. Following this scandal, Max Raphael has to quit his job and to accept a position in a small Welsh institution. He also tries to give a second chance to his wife who however will leave him again when Edgar contacts her. The police follows Stella then and finally arrests her lover. Disturbed by this new episode, Stella attends the accidental death of her son without even trying to save him. She is then locked up in an asylum under the responsibility of Dr. Cleave.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Asylum |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- inconveniently married while playing footsy
Lover is...
- criminal/bad doer
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- homemaker/wife
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (woman) long wavey
Body type
- (woman) ample bosom & buttocks
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) muscular
Unclothed?
- buttocks and chest
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 60's-90's
Profession/status:
- doctor
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
Water?
Yes
Water:
- drowning
Misc setting
- mental hospital
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- thoughtful
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- touching of personal anatomy
- actual description of sex
- seeing breasts
- seeing nude male butt
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- English
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
Is this movie based on a
- book
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