The hour of the seducer

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Movie
German title The hour of the seducer
Original title The Leading Man
Country of production Great Britain
original language English
Publishing year 1996
length 100 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director John Duigan
script Virginia Duigan
production Bertil Ohlsson
music Ed Shearmur
camera Jean-François Robin
cut Humphrey Dixon
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The Leading Man (originally The Leading Man ) is a British film drama from 1996. It was directed by John Duigan .

action

The scheming Hollywood actor Robin Grange wants to get hold of a theater role in England. There he meets the author of the play, Felix Webb. He is married to Elena, but has an affair with the stage actress Hilary Rule. Elena suspects that her husband is cheating on her. This is where Robin Grange steps in and suggests that Felix start an affair with Elena to ease Felix's guilty conscience. Reluctantly, Felix agrees and Robin begins to approach Elena. Felix had doubts about the correctness of the idea. Especially when Elena admits to have fallen in love with Robin. When Felix accidentally overhears Robin flirting with Hilary and trying to seduce her, he becomes increasingly jealous and suspicious of Hilary, whereupon the two often argue.

Not up to the private and professional stress, he decides to get Robin out of the way. This is supposed to happen during the premiere of the play, for which he exchanges the prop pistol, with which the character Robin Granges is shot in the final scene, for a weapon loaded with live ammunition. Although he thinks about it at the last moment and wants to warn Robin on stage, he has to watch as he is shot, but is no less surprised when Robin rises with the final applause and lets the entire ensemble celebrate. A little later, Robin reveals that he saw through the planned killing and brazenly blackmailed Felix in front of the assembled premiere guests, claiming that Felix had promised him the lead role in his first movie. Robin Grange wins the coveted prize at the next Oscar ceremony. Hilary - now officially together with Felix - follows this on TV and tries to tell Felix the news. He is sitting at a new piece in his study, takes note of the whole thing rather calmly and continues typing on his typewriter.

background

Jon Bon Jovi can be seen in his first leading role in "The Leading Man" . Nicole Kidman makes a brief appearance showing her at the Academy Awards . It is unusual for director John Duigan to have someone else write the script, but this is his sister. Virginia Duigan is a full-time novelist. The theme song "Forever Love" by Gary Barlow OBE is taken from his 1996 number 1 debut album Open Road .

criticism

Lexicon of international film : "Theatrical drama with a criminalistic touch that appeals as an artfully constructed confusion, but takes on questions about the truth of (staged) appearances or the reality of fictions."

The German Film and Media Assessment FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the rating particularly valuable.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Leading Man. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed July 18, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used