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Dominican Rep. Dance With a Stranger
- Original title
- Dance With a Stranger
- Year
- 1985
- Running time
- 102 min.
- Country
United Kingdom- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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Miranda Richardson
Rupert Everett
Ian Holm- Matthew Carroll
Tom Chadbon- Jane Bertish
David Troughton
Joanne Whalley- See all credits
- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Based on a true story. 1950s
- Synopsis
- On July 13, 1955, Ruth Ellis became the last woman to be hanged in England. With a smart, tough little script by Shelagh Delaney, Mike Newell's noir-ish film is a dissection of the human frustration and complex class issues surrounding her crime. Miranda Richardson, looking like some delicious, chilled confection, plays Ellis, the hostess to a "glorified brothel" who plans for a better life with her young son until she meets David Blakely (a young, gorgeous Rupert Everett), the wealthy ne'er-do-well whose fitful attentions chip away her armor. Their vicious attraction and its constant tug-of-war lose some dramatic pull as the story heads toward its inevitable climax, but Richardson's performance holds your attention. She plays the entire film in a kind of stunned ardor, a feisty little animal caught in the headlights of Everett's sullen magnetism. By the time she's plugging bullets into his body, she's already hit you a few time with her heated, fatal despair.
- Awards
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1985: Cannes Film Festival: Award of the Youth1985: David di Donatello Awards: Nominated for Best Foreign Actress (Richardson)1985: National Society of Film Critics (NSFC): nominated to Best Supporting Actor.
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