Dance With a Stranger

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Original title: Dance With a Stranger
Year: 1985
Running time: 102 min.
Country: United Kingdom
Director: Mike Newell
Screenwriter: Shelagh Delaney
Music: Richard Hartley
Cinematography: Peter Hannan
Cast: Miranda Richardson, Rupert Everett, Ian Holm, Matthew Carroll, Tom Chadbon, Jane Bertish, David Troughton, Joanne Whalley
Producer: Film Four International, First Film Company, Goldcrest Films, National Film Finance Corporation (NFFC), National Film Development Fund, Shooting Lodge
Genre: Drama | Based On A True Story. 1950s
Synopsis / Plot: 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: 1985: Cannes Film Festival: Award of the Youth

1985: David di Donatello Awards: Nominated for Best Foreign Actress (Richardson)

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