Labyrinth - love with no way out

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Movie
German title Labyrinth - love with no way out
Original title Entangled
Country of production Canada , France
original language English
Publishing year 1993
length 94 (k. 86) minutes
Age rating FSK 18 (licensed 16)
Rod
Director Max Fischer
script Max Fischer
Michel Tureau
production Max Fischer
music Jean-François Fabiano
camera Ennio Guarnieri
cut Marie-Sophie Dubus
occupation

Labyrinth - Love Corner ( Entangled ) is a Canadian-French film drama from the year 1993 . It is based on the novel The Mourning Widowers ( Les Veufs , 1970) by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac . The main role of the jealous lover was played by Judd Nelson .

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The mysterious Patrick Garavan watches David Merkin, who is in a coma after a car accident. When the patient awakens, he desperately calls for his lover Annabelle, who has been killed. In retrospect, he sees the course of their relationship and how the tragedy came about.

David was a writer whose first book was panned by critics . Annabelle liked it, however, and they began a tumultuous love affair. Inspired by his feelings, David wrote another book. He sent it to a young authors competition without giving his name. David didn't feel good enough for the elegant Annabelle, who was coveted as a good-looking photo model by men. He came behind secret meetings in a French Chateau and assumed full jealousy a rival. He snuck into the castle and inadvertently shot Mark Merylle when a shot went off from a pistol he dropped. David escaped from the crime scene. His girlfriend told him about her lucrative work for a perfume advertisement, about which she had to remain silent so far. Mark, a photographer, had taken erotic photos of her but had no affair with her. David still saw rivals everywhere and jealousy tormented him. His girlfriend was distraught over his suspicions. David's anonymous book won first prize in the competition and became a bestseller. Annabelle brought the disk that proved who the author was to Patrick, who she used to live with. He confronted her with a newspaper article in which David was wanted as Mark's murderer. Annabelle was at the end of her nerve. When she was driving with David in the car, she opened the door to leave him. This caused the car to skid and collide with an oncoming vehicle. The young woman was killed and David was admitted to the hospital seriously injured.

When he wakes up, he leaves the hospital unrecognized. The bribed nurse informs Patrick immediately. He contacts David, and they meet in his castle for a psychological test of strength. Patrick pretends to be the real writer of the hit novel. With David's help, he wants to turn it into a script for a film and offers him money for it. Both present their different points of view on the plot. It is about love, desire and jealousy. David thinks Annabelle lives on in his book. He admits to be guilty of her and Mark's death. Patrick incites David's jealousy and shows him an erotic video in which Annabelle can be seen in bed with two naked men. David commits suicide with a pistol, to which Patrick manipulated him, because in reality Annabelle was not having an affair, but the video was her work for the perfume advertisement. Through his deception, Patrick achieved his goal of avenging the death of Mark, whom he loved.

Reviews

  • Günter H. Jekubzik criticized "unmotivated nude scenes" at www.filmtabs.de .
  • Cinema wrote that Pierce Brosnan was “convincing” and that the film was “stylish, but confused and with a tired resolution” .
  • The Kabeleins Filmlexikon described the film as too "dialogue-heavy" .

Background information

The film ran on television under the alternative title Von Begierde driven , shortened to 86 minutes and approved for ages 16 and up. Another alternative title is Fatal Attack .

German-language video cassettes have been released. In the UK, DVDs were released in English. They are approx. 90 minutes long, are approved for ages 18+ and do not contain any extras.

In Germany, too, the film will now be released in a dubbed version on DVD.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Günter H. Jekubzik, film tabs
  2. ^ Cinema
  3. ↑ Labyrinth - love with no way out. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used