Jeremy Irons

Juliette Binoche

Miranda Richardson

Rupert Graves

Peter Stormare

Gemma Clarke

Ian Bannen

Julian Fellowes

Leslie Caron

Tony Doyle

Ray Gravell

Susan Engel

David Thewlis

Benjamin Whitrow

Jeff Nuttall

Roger Llewellyn

Jason Morell

Barry Stearn

Linda Delapena

Francine Stock

Henry Power

Simon De Deney

Luc Etienne

Louis Malle

Josephine Hart

John Bloom

David Hare

Zbigniew Preisner

Peter Biziou

Brian Morris

Nigel Mills

Robin O'Donoghue

Eddy Joseph

Jean-Claude Laureux

Richard Earl

Milena Canonero

Paolo Mantini

Jean-Yves Asselin

Michel Grimaud

Linda DeVetta

Jill Quertier

Mike Proudfoot

Philippe Turlure

Donna Grey

Louise Constad

Richard Pointing

Drama

Romance

Damage

Skreba Films

Film4 Productions

Le Studio Canal+

New Line Cinema

Nouvelles Éditions de Films

France

United Kingdom

Bazzjazz

Harrowing movie, Juliette Binoche and Jeremy Irons have great chemistry.
It’s a very ‘arty’ film .
But it leaves you feeling queasy when you realize the consequences.

Good show!

CinemaSerf

Jeremy Irons is a happily married (to Miranda Richardson) British government minister who meets his usually quite rakish son's (Rupert Graves) latest girlfriend (Juliette Binoche). The two click immediately - and soon they are doing a lot more than just clicking. That's about it - they carry out their clandestine liaison with all it's concomitant risks and thrills before an ending that I really thought underwhelming. This is one of the frequently wooden Irons' better efforts, Graves still has his "Scudder" hair from "Maurice" (1987) and Binoche works well as the femme fatale, but somehow the story just plods along. It looks good, but the pace is all just to procedural and aside from the pitiable, and under-used, Richardson, the remaining characters engender little that is likeable or personable. Even the (infrequent) sex scenes lack intimacy or intensity; it's all just a little bit A+B=C, for me.