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Un amour qui tue

Original title: Mother Love
  • TV Mini Series
  • 1989
  • 3h 40m
IMDb RATING
8.4/10
469
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Un amour qui tue (1989)
DramaThriller

A seemingly perfect couple's life unravels when the husband's eccentric mother acts on intense jealousy, seeking revenge through a series of incidents implicating her ex-husband, his new wif... Read allA seemingly perfect couple's life unravels when the husband's eccentric mother acts on intense jealousy, seeking revenge through a series of incidents implicating her ex-husband, his new wife, and an old friend, then leading to murder.A seemingly perfect couple's life unravels when the husband's eccentric mother acts on intense jealousy, seeking revenge through a series of incidents implicating her ex-husband, his new wife, and an old friend, then leading to murder.

  • Stars
    • Diana Rigg
    • James Wilby
    • David McCallum
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.4/10
    469
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    • Stars
      • Diana Rigg
      • James Wilby
      • David McCallum
    • 22User reviews
    • 1Critic review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Won 1 BAFTA Award
      • 2 wins & 3 nominations total

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    Diana Rigg
    Diana Rigg
    • Helena Vesey
    • 1989
    James Wilby
    James Wilby
    • Kit Vesey
    • 1989
    David McCallum
    David McCallum
    • Alex Vesey
    • 1989
    Fiona Gillies
    Fiona Gillies
    • Angela Vesey…
    • 1989
    Holly Aird
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    • Emily
    • 1989
    Amelia Shankley
    • Harriet
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    • Leo
    • 1989
    Louisa Janes
    • Young Helena
    • 1989
    James Grout
    James Grout
    • George Batt
    • 1989
    Liliana Komorowska
    Liliana Komorowska
    • Danuta
    • 1989
    Isla Blair
    Isla Blair
    • Ruth Vesey
    • 1989
    Rob Edwards
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    • 1989
    Elizabeth Ash
    • Vicky
    • 1989
    Natasha Byrne
    • Rachel Turner
    • 1989
    Rebecca Sabin
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    • 1989
    Cordelia Roche
    • Jordan Tennyson-Vesey
    • 1989
    Claire Shepherd
    • Laura…
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    Anna Price
    • Maureen
    • 1989
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    10fraserpatty

    Please take the time to go to amazon.com...

    use this link http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000MV8H3Y/102-4681375-7474562 or the link to the right of the name of this movie at the top of the page and ask to be alerted when the movie comes to DVD. According to the people at Amazon.com, these votes will alert the studio that people want this movie released to video. It may really help, because it is only recently that Amazon put up a page for this wonderful movie.

    I won't bother to add more comments, because they all agree and they are all right--it's one of Ms. Rigg's finest, and overwhelmingly deserves a DVD release.
    10Barnes-3

    Diana Rigg at her finest hour - Barnaby Marriott

    Diana Rigg is outstanding as the deranged and possessive Helena Vesey in this marvellous BBC mini-series of 1989. It is a role that, I believe, won her a British Academy Award (BAFTA). It is hard to remember anyone who managed to be so funny, scary and mesmerising than Ms Rigg as this indelible protagonist, who brings the superb dialogue to life - "Laburnum! Such a pretty tree... and so many of them!"; "Treachery, disloyalty... are the most DREADFUL of crimes. And deserve the severest punishment!"; and "Ha ha ha! HERE's Mr Tiger!". This series is sometimes repeated on Sky's UK Gold channel - make sure you see it!
    10gray4

    A television masterpiece

    The votes say it all. This is an astonishing piece of TV drama. Diana Rigg gives the performance of a lifetime as the monstrously possessive mother, switching from poised charmer to wicked schemer and demented mother with no more than the flick of an eyebrow. The witty and literate script is by Andrew Davies - I saw Mother Love as part of an Andrew Davies season on a new BBC digital channel - and the direction by Simon Langton drives the plot relentlessly forward, keeping the viewer on the edge of the seat, with clenched fists and sweaty palms, never sure what will happen next.

    The other main roles - James Wilby, Isla Blair, James Grout and David McCallum - are realistic and provide able foils for Rigg. But it is Diana Rigg's role with her chilling personality, cleverly reinforced with flashbacks to a terrible childhood incident, and her wonderful over-the-top dialogue, which makes this a memorable thriller and a 'must-watch' television masterpiece.
    chuffnobbler

    Dame Diana's moment of glory?

    Diana Rigg will scare you under the carpet in this story of "treachery, disloyalty" and family ties. A simple lie, Helena's son keeping in touch with his father but not telling his mother, spins wildly out of control, while Helena gradually suspects that her family are keeping information from her. The cleverly-constructed back story, showing that Helena was capable of terrible things as a child, cranks up the tension and gives a sense of terrible foreboding. Helena's paranoia and loneliness take over, creating a horrible revenge.

    Almost camp in some scenes, (calling everyone "darling", giving her family nicknames and shopping at Fortnums), Diana Rigg gives an intense performance full of pain at the upsets of her past life and full of hatred at her ex-husband. She definitely deserved her Bafta award.
    9MarieGabrielle

    Hell hath no fury....

    as that of a woman, scorned. Diana Rigg is superb in the role of Helena Vesy, a woman with a mysterious and nefarious past, who becomes infuriated with her ex-husband (well portrayed by David McCallum,) and his new family, including a young new wife.

    Some of the scenes are memorable, as when she is strolling in the park, debating her lot in life, and walks under the shade of a laburnum tree. Laburnum, such a lovely tree, she ponders, as her mind wanders to its poisonous qualities.

    Another scene with the young children, and an arsenic laced gift of marzipan at Christmas time is also quite chilling.

    Rigg looks wonderful and believable in this role, would be nice if she were able to do a sequel. Highly recommended, excellent suspense. 9/10.

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    • Trivia
      Diana Rigg won the 1990 Best Actress Television BAFTA Award for her performance in Mother Love.
    • Quotes

      Helena Vesey: I'm going to call you Angela. And you will call me Helena. Everyone does, except Kitten. I don't care for my married name.

      [to Kit]

      Helena Vesey: I'm sorry Kitten darling, I know it's your name too, but you and dear George know better then anybody what pain and betrayal it brings back to me.

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      Edited into Mystery!: Mother Love - Part 1 (1990)

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    • Release date
      • June 17, 1995 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Mother Love
    • Filming locations
      • London, England, UK
    • Production company
      • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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      3 hours 40 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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