Angels and Insects

United Kingdom, United States

1995

116 Min

Color

1.85:1

English

Currently 3.3/5 Stars.
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PROD Belinda Haas, Joyce Herlihy, Kerry Orent

SCR Belinda Haas, Philip Haas, A.S. Byatt

CAST Mark Rylance, Kristin Scott Thomas, Patsy Kensit, Jeremy Kemp, Douglas Henshall, Annette Badland, Chris Larkin, Anna Massey, Saskia Wickham

MUSIC Alexander Bălănescu

Cannes (In Competition), Toronto (Special Presentations), London, Stockholm (Open Zone), Sundance (Premieres)

Synopsis

The movie is a study of an aristocratic family in the Victorian England. William Adamson, a young scientist, is introduced into the aristocratic family Alabaster by Reverend Alabaster who is also fascinated by insects. William marries the older daughter of the family and studies the amounts of insects in the garden of the villa. His – for the aristocrats – strange behaviours reveal at the same time their own failures and passions. —Volker Boehm