MUBI brings you a great new film every day.  Start your 7-day free trial today!
Watch a new film every day for $4.99.
Try MUBI for FREE.
 

Kiss of the Damned

United States

2012

97 Min
Color
English, French
  • Currently 2.7/5 Stars.
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

   |   

DIR Xan Cassavetes

EXEC Adam S. Bersin, Jacob Pechenik, Riaz Tyab, Jonathan Vinnik

PROD Jen Gatien, Alex Orlovsky

SCR Xan Cassavetes

DP Tobias Datum

CAST Joséphine de la Baume, Milo Ventimiglia, Roxane Mesquida, Michael Rapaport, Anna Mouglalis, Riley Keough, Jonathan Caouette, Jay Brannan, Alexia Landeau, Peter Vack, Caitlin Keats, Chris Meyer

ED John F. Lyons

PROD DES Chris Trujillo

SOUND Eric Offin

Venice (International Critics' Week), SXSW (Midnighters), CPH PIX (Family Business)

Synopsis

Djuna is a beautiful vampire living in a wonderful mansion in Connecticut. She meets Paulo, a scriptwriter who falls in love with her. Djuna does not want to drag him into her inevitable destiny, but finally gives in to passion. When her evil sister Mimi suddenly arrives in the house, their love story and the whole vampire community are seriously endangered.

Director

Original

Xan Cassavetes

Alexandra Cassavetes (Greek: Αλεξάνδρα Κασσαβέτης born 21 September 1965), nicknamed “Xan”, is an American actress and director. She is the daughter of Greek actor-director John Cassavetes and actress Gena Rowlands. She is the granddaughter of actress Katherine Cassavetes. She is the sister of actor-director Nick Cassavetes. Cassavetes directed the feature-length documentary, Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession, which explores the historic influence of the cable television station Z Channel. In 2012, Cassavetes directed and wrote Kiss of the Damned. It will be her first feature film. —Wikipedia 

Wall

Displaying 4 wall posts.
Picture of S.L Black

S.L Black

14May13

I think that if the relationship between Djuna and Paulo were to be dragged out further and experimented with seduction, it would have made for a nice momentary story that completely falls due to the lack of any real substance to latch on to. In short, it really doesn't go anywhere....

Picture of (Queen of the Mods)

(Queen of the Mods)

20Apr13

Fantastic poster, Anna Mouglalis is in it, and wait - Michael Rappaport?! I can't wait to see this. Go Xan .

Picture of Nikyatu

Nikyatu

13Apr13

Sexy but soulless.

Picture of paolone_fr

paolone_fr

10Sep12

loved the costumes, expecially Djuna's vintage fashion style

Related Films

Fans

Displaying 5 of 15 fans.

Articles

Our roundup of essays and articles on this film.
W184

Movie Poster of the Week: “Kiss of the Damned” and the Top Ten Favorite Posters of Designer Akiko Stehrenberger

By Adrian Curry on May 3, 2013

One of the best contemporary movie poster artists shares her influences and inspirations.

read article

Lists

Displaying 5 of 21 lists.

Reviews

No reviews yet — Write the first

Forum

Displaying 0 discussion topics.