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The Book of Revelation (2006) -- An erotic mystery about power and sex, the entanglement of victim and perpetrator, and a man's struggle to regain his lost self.

Overview

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5.5/10   620 votes
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Director:

Ana Kokkinos

Writers:

Rupert Thomson (novel)
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Contact:

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Release Date:

7 September 2006 (Australia) more

Tagline:

A secret he would not share. An obsession he could not control. A mystery he dare not resolve.

Plot:

An erotic mystery about power and sex, the entanglement of victim and perpetrator, and a man's struggle to regain his lost self. full summary | add synopsis

Awards:

1 win & 7 nominations more

NewsDesk:

Ana Kokkinos talks Blessed
 (From Rotten Tomatoes. 7 September 2009, 12:39 PM, PDT)

User Comments:

Tough to sit through but so much to think and talk about afterward! more (29 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Tom Long ... Daniel
Greta Scacchi ... Isabel
Colin Friels ... Olsen
Deborah Mailman ... Julie
Zoe Coyle ... Renate

Nadine Garner ... Margot
Olivia Pigeot ... Bernadette
Ana Maria Belo ... Sally

Belinda McClory ... Jeanette
Sibylla Budd ... Deborah
Geneviève Picot ... Barmaid (as Genevieve Picot)
Nina Liu ... Vivian
Brian Lipson ... James
Damien Fotiou ... Shopkeeper
Marty Fields ... Charging Officer
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Additional Details

Runtime:

118 min | Canada:119 min (Toronto International Film Festival) | Argentina:113 min (DVD version)

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Company:

Film Finance more


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

The postcard that Daniel sends to Isabel is of Max Dupain's 'Sunbaker' (1937), often regarded as an icon of the healthy Australian man lying in rest. more

Soundtrack:

Solidarity more


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13 out of 20 people found the following comment useful.
Tough to sit through but so much to think and talk about afterward!, 30 July 2006
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Author: scottybrady from Melbourne, Australia

Well they said it was more about being thought provoking than being a box office hit and they were right. The Book of Revelation was incredibly hard to sit through - both because of its slow pace and its confronting themes - but so very worthwhile.

Beautifully crafted, the movie is not for everyone, especially if you've been the victim of sexual abuse.

The movie sets out to explore a range of issues and themes and it wasn't until the day after I saw it (today) that many of them dawned on me (and even then it was only prompted by reading an interview with the Director, Ana Kokkinos). I suspect that I'll be experiencing more of these revelations (pun intended) for quite some time.

One of the themes of "The Book of Revelation" is sex and power. There are some very confronting and disturbing scenes where the male lead is sexually abused by three cloaked and masked women. One of my female friends who I saw the movie with said afterward that she didn't feel any of the discomfort she usually feels when she sees a rape scene on the screen and wondered if it was purely because it was a man being raped. This is one of those areas that the movie gets you thinking about.

It's hard to watch but I highly recommend seeing it.

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