The Serpent's Kiss

United Kingdom

1997

104 Min

Color

1.85:1

English

Currently 3.3/5 Stars.
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EXEC Hans Brockmann, Kieran Corrigan, François Duplat, Peter O'Malley

PROD John Battsek, Robert Jones, Tim Rose Price

CAST Ewan McGregor, Greta Scacchi, Pete Postlethwaite, Richard E. Grant, Carmen Chaplin, Donal McCann, Charley Boorman, Gerard McSorley, Britta Smith, Susan Fitzgerald

England, 1699. Thomas Smithers, a small industrialist, driven by vanity and his desire to impress his delightful wife Juliana, decides to transform his neglected garden into a work of art worthy of his social status. A young and brilliant Dutch landscape gardener, Meneer Chrome, is given the task of creating the masterpiece. Chrome is hired on James Fitzmaurices’s advice, a sheming and jealous man who has orchestrated everything to bring Smithers to his downfall and regain the love of his cousin Juliana. But unexpected events will counter his diabolical plans : Juliana falls in love with Chrome, who in turn is taken by Thea, Juliana’s strange young daughter… A storm that rocks the hearts, raises a devastating wind. –Cannes Film Festival

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Quentin

21Dec10

Very playful film that seems inspired by Peter Greenaway. The garden as a metaphor of human relationships and the temptation to put them under control is quite fascinating. As a side note, it's a pity that Carmen Chaplin has disappeared as an actress, and I miss Philippe Rousselot as a director. As far as I know since the Serpent's Kiss he has only worked as cinematographer :-(