Angels and insects
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Angels & Insects |
| Original title | Angels & Insects |
| Country of production | USA , UK |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1995 |
| length | 116 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Philip Haas |
| script | Philip Haas Belinda Haas |
| production | Belinda Haas Joyce Herlihy Kerry Orent |
| music | Alexander Bălănescu |
| camera | Bernard Zitzermann |
| cut | Belinda Haas |
| occupation | |
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Angels and Insects (Original title: Angels and Insects ) is an American - British drama from 1995 . Directed by Philip Haas , who together with Belinda Haas also wrote the script based on the novel Morpho Eugenia by AS Byatt .
action
The action takes place in England in the 1860s. The biologist William Adamson returns from a research trip to South America and lives on the country estate of the wealthy Alabaster family. He is penniless due to a shipping disaster in which he lost his property.
Adamson gets closer to Eugenia Alabaster, whose fiancé took her own life for reasons unknown. He marries her against the resistance of her brother Edgar and has five children. Parallel to his marriage to Eugenia he developed a close working relationship with Matty Crompton, who was also hired by old Lord Alabaster as a science-oriented teacher and who has great drawing talent. Together they plan to publish a large book on the behavior of ant colonies. One day, William Adamson-Alabaster by marriage has to discover that Eugenia is having sex with her brother Edgar. He is told that Eugenia's former fiancé died of suicide after learning of the incestuous relationship. Since Eugenia's relationship with Edgar has existed since childhood, William has reason to believe that he is not the birth father of her children.
As a result, William gets closer to his talented assistant Matty Crompton, who wants to help finance another research trip. At the same time, she indicates that she knows about his wife's incestuous bond and persuades him to take her with him. William renounces his wife Eugenia and goes on a journey with Crompton.
Reviews
Film-Dienst wrote that the film was “a lavishly equipped costume drama that brings the emotional exploration of a person in connection with scientific observations of the 19th century” and “gently exercises social criticism” .
Cinema magazine wrote that the film was "critical and artistic, but also bombastic" and " elegantly furnished, but also faded" . He used the "social behavior of insects as a metaphor for the encrusted structures in Victorian England" . “The pale Mark Rylance” and Patsy Kensit would play “so spread out” that “it almost seemed funny” .
Awards
The film was nominated for an Oscar in 1997 for Best Costume Design . Philip Haas was nominated for the Palme d'Or in 1995 . Kristin Scott Thomas won the Evening Standard British Film Award in 1996 and was nominated for the Chlotrudis Award in 1997. The film received a special award from the National Board of Review in 1996 .
backgrounds
The film was shot at Arbury Hall in Warwickshire . Its world premiere took place on September 10, 1995 at the Toronto International Film Festival , which was followed by the London Film Festival on November 5, 1995 . The film grossed approximately $ 5.3 million in US cinemas .
Web links
- Angels and Insects in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Angels and Insects at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Angels and Insects in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed April 20, 2008
- ↑ Cinema, accessed April 20, 2008
- ↑ Filming locations for Angels and Insects, accessed April 20, 2008
- ↑ Angels and Insects premiere dates, accessed April 20, 2008
- ^ Box office results for Angels and Insects, accessed April 20, 2008