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| F. Murray Abraham | ... | Suba | |
| Eric Roberts | ... | Villard | |
| Mia Sara | ... | Clavelli | |
| Christopher Rydell | ... | Trebor | |
| Elaine Kagan | ... | Rachel | |
| Brett Cullen | ... | Gallagher | |
| Doug Wert | ... | Hobbs | |
| Sherry Hursey | ... | Tanos | |
| Stoney Jackson | ... | Johnson | |
| Caroline Barclay | ... | Tatiana | |
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Peter Cohl | ... | Calder |
| Stephen Polk | ... | Williams | |
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Ennalls Berl | ... | Dana |
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Dharvi Darrell | ... | Landlady |
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Eve Kagan | ... | Daughter |
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A mysterious man, Suba, gets himself a job at a fencing academy, and as he learns the way of the students, the school, and its maestro, they learn that there's more to him than meets the eye. He gains (or regains?) his fencing skills and his philosophy of teaching clashes with the maestro's. As they are thrown into conflict, Suba and the maestro's past appear to be linked. And the resolution of their mysterious relationship may be a duel to the death. Written by Kathy Li
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7 October 1992 (France) See more »Also Known As:
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New York City, New York, USAEdit
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$4,078, 26 September 1993Gross USA:
$6,220Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
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This movie fascinated me from the very beginning. It revolves around the sport of fencing, but the plot has little to do with fencing and more to do with crime & punishment, retribution and forgiveness, and the meaning of success. Eric Roberts plays a skilled but haughty owner of a fencing school, just like his dear old (deceased) dad. F. Murray Abraham is the mystery man, who is apparently making a new start in a new town and who applies to be a fencing teacher at the school. Although Roberts quickly discerns that Abraham is not "up to snuff" for a teacher and hires him as a janitor, Roberts fails to recognize the inevitable result of years away from a sport that requires daily attention. Over the course of the film, Roberts & Abraham flesh out their characters nicely as the viewer discovers who Abraham really is while watching Roberts' character discover himself and finally learn a lesson that was stunted by tragedy in his boyhood. Like any movie about a sport, I'm sure there were fencing "flaws," but it was believable enough to me to make watching it intriguing (and sometimes tiring!). There's quite a lot of action for this movie that only has 3 sets, too! Get a bag of popcorn and settle in for a good flick.