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Title: Tale of a Vampire (1992)
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Cast
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Alex
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Suzanna Hamilton | ... |
Anne /
Virginia
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| Kenneth Cranham | ... |
Edgar
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Marian Diamond | ... |
Denise
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Michael Kenton | ... |
Magazine Man
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| Catherine Ashton | ... |
Virginia (5)
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| Mark Kempner | ... |
Morgue Official
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Nik Myers | ... |
Rent Boy /
Newscaster's Voice
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Ken Pritchard | ... |
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Ian Rollison | ... |
Bum 2
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David King | ... |
Waiter
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Adrianne Alexander | ... |
Prostitute
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Mark Motileb | ... |
Child
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Keri Motileb | ... |
Child
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Lisa Motileb | ... |
Child
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Alex is a vampire but he drinks only the blood of animals. Anne Baker has just suffered the death of her boyfriend... See full synopsis »
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Country:
UKLanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
14 July 1993 (Japan) See more »Also Known As:
Diario de un vampiro See more »Box Office
Budget:
$1,000,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Edgar: It was many and many a year ago / In a kingdom by the sea / That a maiden there lived whom you may know / By the name of Annabel Lee
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(uncredited)
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Performed by Suzanna Hamilton, Julian Sands and Catherine Ashton
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[first lines]Edgar: It was many and many a year ago / In a kingdom by the sea / That a maiden there lived whom you may know / By the name of Annabel Lee
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"Boys and Girls Come Out to Play"(uncredited)
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Performed by Suzanna Hamilton, Julian Sands and Catherine Ashton
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If your idea of vampire films involves buckets of blood, fast-paced action, a ton of ultra-violence, a fair bit of sex, then more blood, this film will not be for you. You will be bored stiff, and will find little satisfying in this film.
However, for those people who can appreciate something more than that, and value the more subtle approaches to filmaking, then this is definitely worth a look.
This is an art-house style movie, with a good, and suitably heart-wrenching story, directed, filmed and lit in a stunningly beautiful, and thoughtful way.
Acting is superb throughout, but its the sets, the lighting, and the film work itself that make this film shine. And it does. I didn't find it boring, or even particularly slow paced. I had enormous empathy for the situations of both main characters, and was pleased that the ending avoided all the cinematic clichés of the past 50 years.
You could view it as depressing, and in many ways it is, but I don't mind that in a film. If I want inane one-liners, and throw-away vampire entertainment, I'll watch Buffy, or Blade. If I want something a bit more intelligent, thought-provoking, and different, then this is it.
I happily award this film 10 / 10 - I haven't enjoyed a film as much as I did this one for quite some time. i will be buying it on DVD.