Angels and Insects Movie Review 1995

Very strange Victorian-era romantic drama is definitely an acquired taste. The mysteries of nature are nothing compared to the mysteries of human life as naturalist William Adamson (Rylance) comes to discover when he takes up a position at the home of amateur insect collector, Sir Harald Alabaster (Kemp). He falls in love and quickly marries blondly beautiful Eugenia (Kensit), whose outward propriety hides a sensual nature and some decadent family secrets. Based on A.S. Byatt's novella "Morpho Eugenia." Take particular note of the costumes by Paul Brown, which mimic the exoticness of insects.

Distribution

Hallmark Home Entertainment, 6100 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 1400, Los Angeles, CA 90048, Phone: (213)634-3000, Fax: (213)549-3760, Remarks: Lainie Handelman, Mktg.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 116 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Romantic Drama, Family Ties, Period Piece: 19th Century, Great Britain, Incest, Sex & Sexuality, Clergymen

Screenplay

Belinda Haas, Philip Haas

Cast

Mark Rylance, Patsy Kensit, Kristin Scott Thomas, Jeremy Kemp, Douglas Henshall, Chris Larkin, Annette Badland, Anna Massey, Saskia Wickham

Cinematography

Bernard Zitzermann

Director

Philip Haas

Music

Alexander Balanescu

Producer

Joyce Herlihy, Belinda Haas, Lindsay Law, Playhouse International Pictures, Samuel Goldwyn Company