The Intended (2002)

A period drama/thriller about a surveyor and his fiancée who arrive in a remote Malaysian trading post and encounter a closed-fisted ivory trader and her ill-meaning family.

Director:

Kristian Levring

Writers:

Kristian Levring, Janet McTeer

Stars:

Janet McTeer, Olympia Dukakis, Brenda Fricker

Cast

Cast overview:
Janet McTeer	...	Sarah Morris
Olympia Dukakis	...	Erina
Brenda Fricker	...	Mrs. Jones
Tony Maudsley	...	William Jones
JJ Feild	...	Hamish Winslow (as JJ Field)
David Bradley	...	The Priest
Philip Jackson	...	Norton
Robert Pugh	...	Le Blanc
John Matthew Lau	...	Judas
Thomas Goh	...	Jalak
Michael J. Langgi	...	Ugat

Storyline

In 1924, Sarah and Hamish travel from England deep in to the jungle to earn their fortune surveying an ivory trading post. Instead of an exotic retreat, the couple encounters an oppressively small community. Despite their best intentions, their presence in the jungle unleashes a downward spiral that ends in greed, murder and madness.

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Plot Keywords:

jungle | ivory | ivory trader | murder | trading post | 

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Genres:

Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong sexuality, nudity and some violence

Details

Official Sites:

IFC Films

Country:

UK Denmark

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 July 2003 (Denmark)

Also Known As:

Quando verrà la pioggia

Box Office

Budget:

$3,800,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$2,209 (USA) (25 June 2004)

Gross:

$7,522 (USA) (9 July 2004)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Parallax Projekt (Innocence) Ltd., Produktionsselskabet, Southeast Asia Film Location Services Sdn. Bhd.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min 110 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Crazy Credits

Leif Magnusson - thank you for showing us yet more light ...

User Reviews

Tense to the end - enthralling.

Saw this movie on cable. Initially looked dull, but drew me into the story with its unnerving, dark intensity and sense of something horrible coming at any moment. It casts a morbid spell that makes it hard to look away. Spellbinding is not an over statement - almost hypnotic in its attraction. The cast was superb. Olympia Dukakis seemed to be the well of emotions and is consumed in this dance of insanity and death in a steaming jungle. Relationships were played out to a dreadful completeness. The next unspeakable horror became expected, but never quite predictable. No, predictable is not part of the story line. A horrible side of humanity certainty is. I gave it a 9 out of 10.