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Close My Eyes (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
103 min + 46 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1991 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Stephen Poliakoff

Written By:
Stephen Poliakoff

Actors:
Alan Rickman ..... Sinclair
Clive Owen ..... Richard
Saskia Reeves ..... Natalie
Karl Johnson ..... Colin
Lesley Sharp ..... Jessica
Kate Gartside ..... Paula
Karen Knight ..... Philippa
Niall Buggy ..... Geof
Campbell Morrison ..... Scotsman
Annie Hayes ..... Receptionist
Maxwell Hutcheon ..... Interviewee
Geraldine Somerville ..... Natalie's Boss
Helen FitzGerald ..... Scottish Girl
Christopher Barr ..... Noley
Gordon Salkilld ..... Hotel Porter

Synopsis:

Set in Great Britain in the late 1980s -- in the midst of Margaret Thatcher's controversial tenure as Prime Minister -- this drama examines the strange relationship between two siblings. Richard (Clive Owen) has given up a well-paying job in the private sector to take a position with a government agency that oversees real estate development. While Richard has always been emotionally secure and well-adjusted, his sister Natalie (Saskia Reeves) is nervous and unsure of how to deal with her life, even after marrying Sinclair (Alan Rickman), a successful financial analyst who can afford a posh home on the River Thames. Natalie and Richard don't see each other often, and their relationship has long had an odd cast to it, as Natalie often seems to flirt with her brother. One day, Richard meets Natalie and Sinclair over lunch, and Richard finds himself strongly attracted to his sister. In time, a mutual interest evolves into a full-blown affair. Natalie realizes that this sort of relationship can't go on and tries to break it off with Richard, but he becomes irrational, attempting suicide and threatening violence. While dealing openly with the sexual nature of its story, Close My Eyes also uses its theme as a metaphor for moral and political irresponsibility.

Stephen Poliakoff's film about a brother and sister, raised separately, who finally meet again. She is married to a man of ostentatious wealth; whilst her brother has a job monitoring developments in London's Docklands. In the overheated, moneyed climate of the financially-centred late 1980s, the two begin a forbidden affair.

Richard and Natalie are brother and sister, living in different cities. Richard is successful and ambitious, and lucky in love. Natalie has a string of boring jobs and broken love affairs. One night, Richard stays in her apartment and both feel a new intimacy between them. Five years later, Natalie is married to the wealthy Sinclair. They meet again in London, and begin a sexual relationship.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 07 September, 2009.

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