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7.3/10 • 1.3K

1966-12-181h 51m

DramaMysteryThriller

Sometimes, reality is the strangest fantasy of all.

A successful mod photographer in London whose world is bounded by fashion, pop music, marijuana, and easy sex, feels his life is boring and despairing. But in the course of a single day he unknowingly captures a death on film.

Directors
Michelangelo Antonioni
Editors
Frank Clarke

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  1. David Hemmings

    David Hemmings

    Thomas

  2. Vanessa Redgrave

    Vanessa Redgrave

    Jane

  3. Sarah Miles

    Sarah Miles

    Patricia

  4. John Castle

    John Castle

    Bill

  5. Veruschka von Lehndorff

    Veruschka von Lehndorff

    Veruschka

  6. Jane Birkin

    Jane Birkin

    The Blonde

  7. Gillian Hills

    Gillian Hills

    The Brunette

  8. Peter Bowles

    Peter Bowles

    Ron

  9. Julian Chagrin

    Julian Chagrin

    Mime

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CinemaSerf

Jan 9, 2025

7/10

Judging by his Rolls Royce coupé that he tours London in, the young "Thomas" (David Hemmings) is a successful man. He makes his living as a photographer amongst the great and the good of the vacuous world of fame and celebrity. Drink, drugs and sex are wherever he wants them, whenever he wants them - and though fun, that's not really enough. He is in a park one evening when he espies a couple and takes some snaps. "Jane" (Vanessa redgrave) is not impressed and wants the negatives. He sees the chance to have some fun and so teases her, discovering not just that she is truly desperate to obtain them but also, on inspection of the images, that he has accidentally photographed a murder! Who did what to whom, why, and what he can get from a scenario that now has him tingling? Just what did happen and what does "Jane" have to do with anything? It's got a very vibrant, Bohemian, 1960s feel to it from start to finish and Hemmings is in his element as the rather unlikable, manipulative, playboy. Redgrave also comes across well as her character's vulnerability - though to what we don't yet know - is also well captured as the mystery deepens. The X rating is all about tits and bums. There's nothing gruesome or graphic here to terrorise the viewer, instead we get a thriller set amidst a world of hedonism and profligacy and whilst Redgrave comes across as a more reluctant visitor to this territory, Hemmings looks a natural. Yes, it's dated a little but the story itself still stands up to a watch.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$1,800,000.00
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Keywords
london, englandloss of sense of realityphotographerburglarphotographysuspicion of murdersurrealmunicipal parkpantomimephotographic evidencemurdercounter-culturecorpsedrugsphoto shootavant-gardemodelingswinging london