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No matter what you think this adaptation of A.S. Byatt's novella Morpho Eugenia sounds like, it's better and certainly kinkier than your best parlor-game guess.
Mike Clark, USA Today
Angels and Insects
An elegant seduction. An erotic deception. A stunning revelation.
1995 · 1h 58m · R
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Philip Haas
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Angels and Insects
Overview
In Victorian England, wealthy patriarch Sir Harald Alabaster invites an impoverished biologist, William Adamson, into his home. There, William tries to continue his work, but is distracted by Alabaster's seductive daughter, Eugenia. William and Eugenia begin a torrid romance, but as the couple become closer, the young scientist begins to realize that dark, disturbing things are happening behind the closed doors of the Alabaster manor.
Director and cast
- Philip Haas Director
- Mark Rylance as William Adamson
- Kristin Scott Thomas as Matty Crompton
- Patsy Kensit as Eugenia Alabaster Adamson
- Jeremy Kemp as Sir Harald Alabaster
- Douglas Henshall as Edgar Alabaster
- Annette Badland as Lady Alabaster
- Chris Larkin as Robin
- Anna Massey as Miss Mead
- Saskia Wickham as Rowena Alabaster
- Paul Ready as Tom
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