Kissed Movie Review 1996

The subject matter (necrophilia) is sure to give one pause though debut director Stopkewich hardly dwells on the prurient. Sandra Larson (Parker) has been obsessed with death and its rituals since childhood. So as a young adult it seems natural when she gets a job in a funeral home, preparing the bodies for embalming. Only Sandra's obsession leads her to begin making love (shown through a gauzy white light) to the corpses. She does attract the attentions of a very alive medical student, Matt (Outerbridge), who becomes fascinated by Sandra's fetish and determined to make himself as appealing to her as the dead. Adapted from Barbara Gowdy's short story "We So Seldom Look on Love."

Distribution

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Available on VHS
Running time 78 minutes.
Originally from Canadian.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Romantic Drama, Death & the Afterlife, Sexcapades, Adapted from a Story, Funerals

Screenplay

Lynne Stopkewich, Angus Fraser

Cast

Molly Parker, Peter Outerbridge, Jay Brazeau

Cinematography

Gregory Middleton

Director

Lynne Stopkewich

Music

Don MacDonald

Producer

Dean English, Lynne Stopkewich, John Pozer, Boneyard Film Company, Goldwyn Entertainment Company

Awards

Genie 1997: Actress (Parker).