Trap for Cinderella (2013)

A young girl suffering from amnesia after surviving a house fire that takes her childhood friend's life, begins a tormented road to recovery.

Director:

Iain Softley

Writers:

Chris Gerolmo, Sébastien Japrisot (novel)

Stars:

Tuppence Middleton, Alexandra Roach, Kerry Fox

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tuppence Middleton	...	Micky
Alexandra Roach	...	Do
Kerry Fox	...	Julia
Frances de la Tour	...	Elinor
Emilia Fox	...	Dr. Sylvie Wells
Aneurin Barnard	...	Jake
Stanley Weber	...	Serge
Alex Jennings	...	Chance
Maisie Lloyd	...	Young Do
Ciara Southwood	...	Young Micky
Nathalie Paris	...	Yvette
Erich Redman	...	Dr. Muller
Elizabeth Healey	...	Do's Mother
Pierre Boulanger	...	Jean Claude
Tim Wallers	...	Do's Father

Storyline

A young girl suffering from amnesia after surviving a house fire that takes her childhood friend's life, begins a tormented road to recovery.

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Plot Keywords:

female friendship | south of france | bare chested male | literature on screen | european literature on screen | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Connections

Version of A Trap for Cinderella (1965)

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Soundtracks

The Vision (Let Me Breathe)
Composed by Liam McLean (as McLean), Jessie Ware (as Ware), Laura Dockrill (as Dockrill)
Performed by Joker feat. Jessie Ware

User Reviews

blurred boundaries between female friends in arty London

Plastic surgery restores a burn victim's face, but amnesia thwarts her attempts to remember who she is. Slowly, flashback fragments coalesce in a story. Two young English women who shared childhood holidays in the South of France meet as adults in swinging London. Bank clerk "Do" (Alexandra Roach) seems needier than Goth photographer "Mickey" (Tuppence Middleton), whose old aunt will die sooner-than-later and leave her a fortune. Dowdy Do quits her job, moves in, and starts to style herself on her wilder friend, in a borderline siamese-twin neurosis recalling Bergman's classic "Persona" (1966).

Source material Sébastien Japrisot's novel of the same name, filmed in French in 1965, paints a crisis-of-identity and voyage-to-the-self with a Noir twist. Psychological pay-off takes a backseat to arson, betrayal, blackmail, con artistry, mind control, and murder. And yet, these baser instincts are filmed with a light touch and the focus correctly stays on two disparate personalities in complex closeness. Middleton and Roach are up to the challenge. After a slow start, "Trap" finds its groove, but a meddlesome soundtrack distracts, lackluster camerawork diffuses, hyperactive edits undermine, and too many bared breasts suggest someone lost confidence in the story.

Don't blame virtuoso storyteller Japrisot for this Cinderella's wobbly script. Director Iain Softley has rearranged the intrigue as imitation Cronenberg. Hamstrung by secondrate production values, he also soft-pedals the class difference between Mickey and Do. "Her mother was your aunt's housekeeper," a throw-away line by the film's villainess (Kerry Fox), is the only clue that Do is the Cinderella of the title. And yet that is the key to the mystery.

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 July 2013 (UK)

Also Known As:

Trap for Cinderella

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$4,298

Company Credits

Production Co:

Forthcoming Productions, Jonescompany Productions, Lipsync Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color