Angels and Insects (1995) 6.8
In the 1800s a naturalist marries into a family of British aristocrats. Director:Philip Haas |
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Angels and Insects (1995) 6.8
In the 1800s a naturalist marries into a family of British aristocrats. Director:Philip Haas |
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| Mark Rylance | ... |
William Adamson
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| Kristin Scott Thomas | ... |
Matty Crompton
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| Patsy Kensit | ... |
Eugenia Alabaster Adamson
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| Jeremy Kemp | ... |
Sir Harald Alabaster
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| Douglas Henshall | ... |
Edgar Alabaster
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Annette Badland | ... |
Lady Alabaster
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| Chris Larkin | ... |
Robin
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| Anna Massey | ... |
Miss Mead
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Saskia Wickham | ... |
Rowena Alabaster
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Lindsay Thomas | ... |
Lady Alabaster's Maid
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Michelle Sylvester | ... |
Margaret Alabaster
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Clare Lovell | ... |
Elaine Alabaster
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Jenny Lovell | ... |
Edith Alabaster
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Oona Haas | ... |
Alice Alabaster
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Angus Hodder | ... |
Guy Alabaster
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The movie is a study of an aristocratic family in the Victorian England. William Adamson, a young scientist, is introduced into the aristocratic family Alabaster by reverend Alabaster who is also fascinated by insects. William marries the older daughter of the family and studies the amounts of insects in the garden of the villa. His - for the aristocrats - strange behaviours reveal at the same time their own failures and passions. Written by Volker Boehm
i decided to tape this movie without watching it and save it for a rainy day, and did it ever pay off! this is a great movie. now i admire antonia susan's writing, but trying to slog through morpho eugenia (book from which this movie was made) was like a peculiar form of torture-- insect description til i thought i would vomit. never thought i would say this, but the movie is so much better! it has all you could want:great acting{no matter what some people say about patsy kensit, if they hadn't wanted some one with her particular talent she would not have been cast. so there.i bite my thumb at thee.} great costumes, setting, and surprise twist ending--! see this movie.
final words:watch it for the sheer guilty pleasure