Siesta (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | siesta |
| Original title | siesta |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1987 |
| length | 93 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Mary Lambert |
| script | Patricia Louisianna Knop |
| production | Gary Kurfirst |
| music |
Miles Davis , Marcus Miller |
| camera | Bryan Loftus |
| cut | Glenn Morgan |
| occupation | |
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Siesta is a thriller filmed in 1987 with Ellen Barkin , Gabriel Byrne , Julian Sands , Isabella Rossellini and Jodie Foster . The US film was directed by Mary Lambert .
action
The American Claire wakes up at the end of a runway in Spain . She is covered in blood and can no longer remember what happened in the days before.
In the flashbacks, which alternate with fantastic scenes and hallucinations, you can see that she should jump into a safety net on behalf of the event organizer Del. She flew to Spain to say goodbye to her lover Augustine. There she took part in some orgies in which Marie, Conchita and Nancy accompanied her.
Reviews
Roger Ebert wrote in the "Chicago Sun-Times" on February 5, 1988 that the film was designed too ambitiously, which would ultimately be his undoing.
Awards
Mary Lambert and producer Gary Kurfirst were nominated for the Independent Spirit Award in 1988 . Grace Jones and Isabella Rossellini were nominated for the Golden Raspberry .
literature
- Louis Chunovic, "Jodie Foster: a portrait" , VGS Verlag, Cologne 1997, ISBN 3-8025-2416-0 , pp. 106-108
Web links
- Siesta in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Siesta atRotten Tomatoes(English)