Passion of Mind (2000)

Director:

Alain Berliner

Writers (WGA):

Ronald Bass (written by) and
David Field (written by)

Release Date:

7 January 2000 (Italy)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery | Romance | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

What if you had two lives at once. What if you knew that one life took place only in your dreams. What if you didn't know which life was real.

Plot:

A psychological romantic thriller where fantasy and reality become indistinguishable for a woman leading a double life in her dreams.

Plot Keywords:

Dream | Accountant | Widow | Double Life | Single Mother

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Eloise Eonnet	...	Jennifer 'Jenny' Talridge
Hadrian Dagannaud-Brouard	...	Jean-Pierre
Chaya Cuénot	...	Serafine 'Sarah' Talridge
Demi Moore	...	Martha Marie / 'Marty' Talridge
Julianne Nicholson	...	Kim
William Fichtner	...	Aaron Reilly
Sinéad Cusack	...	Jessie (as Sinead Cusack)
Joss Ackland	...	Dr. Langer, the French Psychiatrist
Peter Riegert	...	Dr. Peters, the New York Psychiatrist
Stellan Skarsgård	...	William Granther
Gerry Bamman	...	Edward 'Ed' Youngerman
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Steve Bilich	...	Martha's friend at party (uncredited)
Amanda Spencer	...	Girl (uncredited)

Directed by
Alain Berliner

Writing credits (WGA)
Ronald Bass		(written by) (as Ron Bass) and
David Field		(written by)

Produced by
Ronald Bass	....	producer (as Ron Bass)
William Kepper	....	executive producer
Andre Lamal	....	co-producer
Gary Lucchesi	....	executive producer
Robin O'Hara	....	line producer: New York
Tom Rosenberg	....	producer
Carole Scotta	....	producer
Sigurjon Sighvatsson	....	executive producer
Ted Tannebaum	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Randy Edelman

Cinematography by
Eduardo Serra		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Anne V. Coates

Casting by
Deborah Aquila
Sarah Finn		(as Sarah Halley Finn)

Production Design by
Pierre-François Limbosch

Set Decoration by
Jacques Aucomte
Philippe Léveque
Anne-Charlotte Vimont

Costume Design by
Valérie Pozzo di Borgo		(as Valérie Pozzo Di Borgo)

Makeup Department
Judith Gayo	....	supervising makeup artist
Christian Gruau	....	supervising hair stylist
Nicki Ledermann	....	key makeup artist: New York
Jacques Stephane Lempire	....	hair stylist: New York (as Stephan Lempire)
Olivia Lequimener	....	makeup artist
Mario Messere	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Vincent Canart	....	unit production manager
Walter Cohen	....	assistant unit production manager: New York
Olivier Dubois	....	assistant unit production manager
Trish Hofmann	....	unit production manager: New York
James McQuaide	....	post-production supervisor
Tal Meirson	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
George Every	....	second assistant director
Coralie Fargeat	....	second second assistant director
Dylan Hopkins	....	second second assistant director: New York
Douglas Law	....	first assistant director
Peter Leto	....	second assistant director: New York
J. Miller Tobin	....	first assistant director: New York (as Miller Tobin)

Art Department
François Aïssa	....	construction
Karla J. Bailey	....	stand-by scenic: New York (as Karla Bailey)
Céline Barray	....	lead greensperson
Nicolas Barray	....	painter
Bernard Boivin	....	construction coordinator
Jean-Michel Boivin	....	construction
Olivier Bordes	....	construction
Gilles Boutemps	....	chief sculptor
Jérome Clavier	....	painter
Daniel Clerici	....	construction
Pascal Clément	....	painter
Todd Cole	....	set dresser: New York
Didier Copp	....	painter
Bruno de Dieuleveut	....	storyboard artist (as Bruno De Dieuleveult)
Céline De Streel	....	assistant designer
Nicolas Decaux	....	construction
Christian Delhôme	....	sculptor (as Christian Delhome)
Nicolas Derieux	....	construction
Christine Descloitres	....	scenic artist
Matt Duncan	....	set dresser: New York
Chantal Dupin	....	painter
Sylvain Dupuy	....	greensperson
Jean-Maurice Eschrich	....	painter
Nick Evans	....	set decorator: New York
Eric Frion	....	construction
Hervé Gallet	....	assistant designer
Olivier Gory	....	construction
Deborah Greene	....	assistant props: New York
Christian Guillebaud	....	construction
Daniel Hoffmann	....	construction coordinator
Julius Hoffmann	....	construction
Franck Hugot	....	property master
Sophie Hutin	....	greensperson
Benedicte Joffre	....	wallpaper person
Georges N. Krivobok	....	set dresser: New York (as George Krivobok)
Olivier Legardeur	....	construction
Alan Mamet	....	set dresser: New York
Lydia Marks	....	shopper: New York
Stéphanie Martineau	....	painter
Yann Megard	....	assistant designer
Igor Mollet	....	key carpenter
Philippe Nicolas	....	construction
Mariah Nielson	....	art department intern
Daniel Ouellette	....	art director: New York (as Dan Ouellette)
Frédéric Perron	....	construction
Aliocha Pican	....	construction
Jean-Francois Pillot	....	construction
Manuel Poulain	....	construction
Thierry Poulet	....	painter
Franck Proix	....	model constructor
Dave Reardon	....	lead person: New York
Thierry Rene	....	construction
Samuel Rionde	....	art department intern
Jean-Paul Salaun	....	painter
Philippe Salle	....	construction
David Shanker	....	property master: New York
Juan-Carlos Soler	....	model constructor
Alain Troulard	....	construction
Bruno Viguet-Carrin	....	painter
Cathy Wassylenko	....	scenic artist: New York

Sound Department
Gary Alexander	....	sound re-recording mixer
Rick Ash	....	sound re-recording mixer
Steve Copley	....	foley supervisor
Dean Drabin	....	adr mixer
Kira Edmunds	....	assistant sound editor
David Giammarco	....	supervising sound editor
Galen Goodpaster	....	assistant sound editor
Robert Grieve	....	sound effects editor
Michael Haight	....	dialogue editor
Dennis Hill	....	sound re-recordist
Ludovic Hénault	....	sound (as Ludovic Henault)
Jonathan Klein	....	assistant sound editor
Jean-Luc Laborde	....	boom operator
Alan Manger	....	sound utility: New York
Brian Miksis	....	sound mixer: New York
Michael Primmer	....	boom operator: New York (as Mike Primmer)
Michelle Schubert	....	foley assistant
John Sievert	....	foley artist
Larry Spotts	....	sound re-recordist
Cary Stratton	....	adr recordist
John Switzer	....	post-production sound coordinator
Alexandre Verwaerde	....	sound trainee
James Wright	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Christophe Penchenat	....	assistant sound (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Ronan Broudin	....	digital compositor (uncredited)

Stunts
Gilles Conseil	....	stunts
Philippe Guégan	....	stunt coordinator (as Philippe Guegan)

Camera and Electrical Department
Claude Atanassian	....	chief lighting technician
Gilles Atanassian	....	lighting technician
Jean Atanassian	....	lighting technician
Michel Atanassian	....	lighting technician
Robby Baumgartner	....	chief lighting technician: New York (as Robert Baumgartner)
Florent Bazin	....	first assistant camera
Paul Beauchemin	....	still photographer: New York
Philippe Bessy	....	crane operator
Alexandre Bon	....	aerial assistant camera
Bernard Brégier	....	first company grip
Gerard Buffard	....	grip
Geb Byers	....	assistant camera: New York
Carlos Carrera	....	grip
Daniel Cournoyer	....	second company grip: New York (as Dan Cournoyer)
Anthony J. Cox	....	grip: New York (as Anthony Cox)
Stéphane Cry	....	lighting technician
Pascal Delaunay	....	grip
Dan Denitto	....	dolly grip: New York (as Daniel De Nitto)
Jay Eckardt	....	camera loader: New York (as Jay Eckardt)
Robert K. Feldmann	....	first company grip: New York (as Robert Feldman)
James J. Ferris	....	generator operator: New York (as James Ferris)
David Grinberg	....	second assistant camera
Nicolas Herdt	....	additional camera operator
Lee Kazista	....	second assistant photographer: New York
Maddy Lederman	....	lighting technician: New York
Jim McConkey	....	Steadicam operator: New York
Patrick Morch	....	generator operator (as Patrick Morsch)
Anne Nicolet	....	additional assistant camera
Eric Nové	....	grip (as Eric Nove)
Jean-Philippe Polo	....	third assistant camera
Tom Potoskie	....	assistant chief lighting technician: New York (as Thomas Potoskie)
Robert Raposa	....	grip: New York
Charlet Recors	....	aerial camera operator
Marcel Renult	....	grip
Bruno Seffino	....	lighting technician
Jamie Silverstein	....	camera operator: New York
Yves Vandermeeren	....	camera operator
Justin Vanson	....	grip: New York
Andrew T. Watts	....	lighting technician: New York (as Andrew Watts)
Isabelle Weingarten	....	still photographer
David Norris	....	camera operator: Wescam camera (uncredited)

Casting Department
Stéphane Batut	....	casting: France
Lori Eastside	....	extras casting: New York
Barbara Harris	....	adr voice casting
Barbara Fiorentino	....	casting assistant (uncredited)
Dayna Polehanki	....	casting associate (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Natalya V. Aikens	....	assistant costume designer: New York (as Natalya Khorover)
Bernadette Beaudet	....	assistant costume designer
Florine François	....	wardrobe supervisor
Alice Levy	....	wardrobe supervisor: New York
Marianne Vally	....	seamstress
Deirdre N. Williams	....	wardrobe supervisor: New York (as Dierdre Nicola Williams)

Editorial Department
Robert Berman	....	second assistant editor
Michel Bouchot	....	second assistant editor
Andrew Buckland	....	assistant film editor: New York
Joanne Canady	....	editorial coordinator: Fontaine Productions
Pamela Chmiel	....	assistant film editor: New York (as Pam Chmiel)
Peter Kwong	....	post-production assistant
Christine Marier	....	second assistant editor
Elizabeth Qually	....	post-production coordinator
Theresa Repola Mohammed	....	negative cutter
Liz Roe	....	second assistant editor
Stephen R. Sheridan	....	color timer (as Steve Sheridan)
Robb Sullivan	....	first assistant editor
Robert Sullivan	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Elton Ahi	....	score mixer
Elton Ahi	....	score recordist
David Bondelevitch	....	music editor (as David J. Bondelevitch)
Ralph Ferraro	....	orchestrator
Christopher S. Parker	....	music supervisor
Jay B. Richardson	....	music editor (as Jay Richardson)

Transportation Department
Michael Andriani	....	driver: New York
Brian Buck	....	driver: New York
William Michael Buckman	....	transportation co-captain: New York
Jean-Paul Chanon	....	driver
Kerry Clark	....	parking coordinator: New York (as Kerry L. Clark)
Tom Crowe	....	driver: New York
Michael Fennell	....	driver: New York (as Michael D. Fennell)
Jean-Jacques Graslin	....	driver
Johan Graslin	....	driver
Robert Graslin	....	driver
James Kelly	....	driver: New York
Jean-Baptiste Kittel	....	driver
Tom Leavey	....	transportation captain: New York
Gerard Maggio	....	driver: New York (as Gerard Magio)
Marc Manojlovic	....	driver
Emilio Mateo	....	driver
Philippe Mayer	....	transportation coordinator
Brett Michael	....	driver: New York (as Bret Michel)
Jean-Marc Rader	....	driver
Ed Trebotica	....	driver: New York
Tim Woods	....	driver: New York

Other crew
Irvin Andrew	....	production assistant: New York
Nina Andronikof	....	production assistant
Teddy Au	....	first assistant accountant: New York
Lionel Baudu	....	location assistant
Fréderic Beguin	....	stand-in
Fayçal Belamri	....	security officer
Olivier Bouthillier	....	product placement: Marques et Films
Michel Burstein	....	unit publicist
Pierre-Arnaud Buzzi	....	location assistant
Eric Caillez	....	security officer
Béatrice Cavet	....	stand-in
Stéphane Chabaud	....	security officer
Sylvie Chevereau-Marchais	....	production accountant
Thierry Chuinard	....	location assistant
Kathy Ciric	....	assistant location manager: New York
Walter Cohen	....	location manager: New York
Natasha Conklin	....	production assistant: New York
Daneen Lagrone Conroy	....	assistant: Ms. Moore (as Daneen Conroy)
Jessica Neven Du Mont	....	production assistant
Nathalie Ducruet	....	production secretary
Sybil Nicolas Eprendre	....	location manager (as Sybil Nicolas-Eprendre)
Sean Garrett Fogel	....	production coordinator: New York (as Sean Fogel)
Sébastien Gautherin	....	location assistant
Didier Genest	....	caterer
Laurie Gershon	....	product placement
Ginger Gonzalez	....	production assistant: New York
Jason K. Grey	....	location assistant: New York
Geneviève Grousset	....	caterer
Jean-Louise Grousset	....	caterer
Mark Hagerman	....	production assistant: New York
Douglas Hansen	....	production financing: Paribas Entertainment Finance Group
Zoe Isaacson	....	location assistant: New York
Margaret Jacobs	....	production assistant: New York
Martin Jaubert	....	assistant location manager
Michael Johnson	....	production accountant: New York
Sandra Joubeaud	....	production coordinator
Erica Kay	....	assistant production coordinator: New York
Jean Labille	....	chief locksmith
Rachid Larfa	....	security officer
Stephane Lesmond	....	dyap operator
Mike Mathieu	....	security coordinator
Michael Mendelsohn	....	financial consultant: Patriot Advisors
John Milan	....	production financing: Paribas Entertainment Finance Group
Colleen Nybo	....	post-production accountant
Maryse Ody	....	payroll accountant
Franklin Pedrosa	....	location assistant
Ayache Perkani	....	security officer
Marie-Laure Pessemesse	....	security officer
David Piechaczek	....	security officer
Julien Pruvot	....	location assistant (as Julien Provot)
Els Rastelli	....	script supervisor
Mark Reinking	....	assistant: Ms. Moore (as Hunter Reinking)
Franck Sauboua	....	assistant location manager (as Franck Sauboua-Suraud)
Franck Scala	....	locksmith
Bear Schmidt	....	location assistant: New York (as Brian C. Schmidt)
Ted Shields	....	production assistant: New York
Anthony Streicher	....	assistant: Mr. Lamal
Michael Taylor	....	script supervisor: New York
Celine Voitey	....	production assistant
Elise Voitey	....	production coordinator
Michael L. Walker	....	production assistant: New York (as Michael Walker)
Stan Wiencko	....	production assistant: New York (as Stan Wienko)
Michael Williams	....	craft service assistant: New York
Tim Wood	....	assistant: Ms. Moore
Christophe Zofer	....	caterer
Laurie Gershon	....	clearances: New York (uncredited)
Andy Jagerson	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Thanks
Robert L. Benun	....	thanks
Christine Buckley	....	thanks
Jim Goodkind	....	thanks
Anne-Séverine Liotard	....	thanks (as Anne Séverine Liotard)
Renée Mancuso	....	thanks
Elizabeth Schimmel	....	thanks
Richard S. Wright	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Lakeshore Entertainment
• Ron Bass Productions

Distributors

• Aquarius TV (2005) (Greece) (DVD)
• Aquarius TV (2005) (Greece) (TV)
• Concorde Filmverleih (Germany)
• Gaumont Buena Vista International (GBVI) (France)
• Paramount Classics (2000) (USA)
• Shôchiku Eiga

Other Companies

• 4M Impressions  thanks
• Atsuro Tayama  thanks
• Bang & Olufsen  thanks
• Briquets Dupont  thanks
• Calvin Klein  thanks
• Chanel  thanks
• Ciné Lumières de Paris  lighting equipment
• Citroen Nederland  thanks
• Compagnie Française de l'Orient et de la Chine  thanks
• Cristallerie Saint-Louis  thanks
• DCA Audiovisual  sound equipment
• DDA Public Relations (DDA)  public relations
• Donna Karan  thanks
• Dries Van Noten  thanks
• Elizabeth Arden  thanks
• Everwood  thanks
• Fontaine Productions  editorial coordination
• France Télécom Reportages  thanks
• Galahad Security Inc.  security: Ms. Moore
• General Electric (GE)  thanks
• Guerlain  thanks (as Parfums Guerlain)
• Hamilton  thanks
• Hermès  thanks
• Howard Anderson Company, The  titles and opticals
• Hughes Chevalier  thanks
• Imprimerie Nationale  thanks
• Inter Forum  thanks
• International Film Guarantors  completion guarantee provided by
• Le Nain Bleu  thanks
• Les Editions de la Table Ronde  thanks
• Linge de Maison Turpault  thanks
• Locafête  catering (as Locafête)
• Mainstreet, Paris  digital post-production
• Mairie de Paris  thanks
• Major League Baseball Properties  major league baseball trademark licensed by
• Malizia by La Perla  thanks
• Manny's of New York  "I Love NY" earrings made by
• Marques et Films  product placement
• Milan Records  soundtrack
• Monsieur Lippens  thanks
• N.Y.C. Casting  extras casting
• New York City Mayor's Office of Film, Theater & Broadcasting, The  thanks
• New York State Department of Economic Development  "I Love NY" logo used by permission of
• Paribas Entertainment Finance Group  production financing provided by
• Patriot Advisors  financial consulting
• Pleats Please  thanks
• Rendery  thanks
• Serge Touboch  thanks
• Siécle  thanks
• Sony  thanks
• Studio Phil  trailers
• Studios d'Arpajon  thanks
• Stylos Cross  thanks
• T&A Caterers  catering and craft service: New York
• Thomas Boog  thanks
• Todd-AO Studios  post-production
• Villeroy & Both  thanks
• Volvo  thanks
• Yohji Yamamoto  thanks
• yU+Co.  main title sequence design

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for scenes of sexuality

Runtime:

105 min | Finland:101 min | Germany:96 min (TV version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

France:U | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIA | New Zealand:PG | Norway:15 | Spain:7 | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | Philippines:PG-13 | Iceland:L | South Korea:15

Filming Locations:

Bouches-du-Rhône, France

Company:

Lakeshore Entertainment

Trivia:

Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder, and Nicole Kidman were considered for the lead role.

Quotes:

William Granther:Always do what you wish you could.

Movie Connections:

References The Sound of Music (1965)

Soundtrack:

My Favorite Things (1959)

What a great surprise ! And i didn´t even knew this movie existed !

I never knew this film even existed untill about a week ago. I saw it on sale at a supermarket and i was intrigued by the synopsis of the story at the back cover. I love this type of stories about paralel universes but i was not sure that a story like this could work properly as a serious romantic drama. Particulary one made-in-Hollywood. Basicaly i feared that this was another comercial sugar coated Jennifer Lopez-Julia Roberts comercial movie. I was wrong. I rented this movie totaly convinced that it was going to be bad, but, after the movie ended, i went back to the supermarket and i bought a copy for myself ! PASSION OF MIND was a real surprise to me. I´ve been reading plenty of bad reviews about it after i´ve seen it, and i can´t disagree more with them. I guess most people don´t realy get it´s idea and so rather than thinking about it, they decided the movie sucks. Possibly because it doesn´t follow that usual love-story comercial crap that make Hollywood´s so called romantic movies, most people don´t like it, because this PASSION OF MIND is a movie where you have to think along and you don´t have everything totaly explained all the time. But above all it´s an original movie, and a very good diferent aproach to a romantic story without making it look plastic.

What stroke me first was the incredible cinematography. I never before seen New York filmed in such a beautiful way. The exterior locations looked trully beautiful and it´s a real viewing pleasure just to see a good story set against such beautiful images in the background. As for the plot, i think it´s a brilliant concept and a very inteligent way of telling a romantic story. Ok it might not be the most original one if you read a lot of sci-fi novels, but in this case it was extremely well presented, with never a dull moment despite the slow pace the story moves along. A great for story for people who like "sci-fi" themes and for people who don´t. Great script, good dialogue, good ending and it keeps its mistery right up untill the end ,without giving much away through out the whole film, making us stay glued to the tv set untill the movie finaly ends. (The region 2 dvd, has an incredible image and a fantastic 5.1 sound mix wich fills the room with a perfect 3d atmosphere)

If you like stories about paralel realities, and you like this sort of existencial themes and hipotesis, you´re going to love this movie. As someone said in a review back here somewhere, this is a real good quantum mechanics movie, wich depicts very well some of the concepts present in those theories without complicating things for the viewer. Above all it makes us think and wonder. It´s a great movie to initiate a discussion about the theme afterwards and a very inteligent and beautiful romantic story. Pretty impressive actualy. As i said, a real good surprise. If you like originality, watch this. If you only like guns, explosions and special effects, stay away because you won´t get it. PASSION OF MIND is trully an execelent surprise.