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La geôlière

Original title: Driftwood
  • 1997
  • Tous publics
  • 1h 40m
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5.4/10
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James Spader and Anne Brochet in La geôlière (1997)
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A distant, desolate shore in a remote part of Ireland. Sarah, a lonely young sculptress, discovers a man washed-up on the water's edge. He is barely conscious but she manages to nurse him ba... Read allA distant, desolate shore in a remote part of Ireland. Sarah, a lonely young sculptress, discovers a man washed-up on the water's edge. He is barely conscious but she manages to nurse him back to health and finds he suffers from amnesia.A distant, desolate shore in a remote part of Ireland. Sarah, a lonely young sculptress, discovers a man washed-up on the water's edge. He is barely conscious but she manages to nurse him back to health and finds he suffers from amnesia.

  • Director
    • Ronan O'Leary
  • Writers
    • Richard M.N. Waring
    • Ronan O'Leary
  • Stars
    • James Spader
    • Anne Brochet
    • Barry McGovern
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.4/10
    627
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Ronan O'Leary
    • Writers
      • Richard M.N. Waring
      • Ronan O'Leary
    • Stars
      • James Spader
      • Anne Brochet
      • Barry McGovern
    • 14User reviews
    • 1Critic review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    James Spader
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    • Sarah
    Barry McGovern
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    Anna Massey
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    Aiden Grennell
    Aiden Grennell
    • Father
    Kevin McHugh
    • Motorcycle Driver
    John Cleere
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    Eamon Rohan
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    Caroline Grey
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    • Director
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      • Ronan O'Leary
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    9Farleyed

    Anne Brochet is deceptively cute.

    You don't really notice it at first, but Anne Brochet is deceptively cute. Intitially she seems almost plain, then you get a crush on her and think it is your own special crush. Then you realize she was Roxanne in Cyrano with Depardieau. Anyway, this is an interesting little movie about obsession and deception and Spader is interesting, even when doing mundane things.
    6JuguAbraham

    Well sung song and a good performance by Anne Brochet

    This movie gives a good idea of the state of Irish cinema today. Anne Brochet gave an interesting performance with a very French accent--one of the annoying factors in a film set in Ireland. One can understand if the castaway had a French accent but not a character who is supposed to be a denizen of Ireland. James Spader gives an uninspired performance.

    The minor roles were were well played.

    The most uplifting part of the film was the song at the end which was better than the rest of the film.
    Rio-7

    Good plot, but twisted story line

    I really think that this movie might have been classified as one of James Spader's great movies if the story line wasn't so screwed up and half the movie wasn't based on sex alone. The movie concerns a lonely French girl who finds a shipwrecked sailor and tries to keep him for herself. The movie would be believable except it's quite impossible for 2 people to jump into bed and suddenly be in love with each other. I think the movie itself was quite good, cast well and filmed well with attention paid more to acting than material detail. Get rid of the mentally disturbed and the distasteful sex and you've got a great movie.
    dbdumonteil

    A poor man's "psycho" .

    Do not bother with that!Poor acting(particularly Spader),poor directing,poor cinematography with no sense of space at all.Nudity scenes do not make up for the paucity of the screenplay.The mother trick ,which Alfred HItchcock (and Robert Bloch )invented ,has been used so many times only a very naive viewer will be intrigued.Even the murder recalls "Psycho".Absolutely nothing redeems that.Stay away.
    Ed-269

    If you have ever feared being consumed by a relationship ...

    Anne Brochet and James Spader give excellent performances. Though the storyline is not particularly orignial I found both to be very believable characters. (Anne Brochet, hauntingly so) The plot is a more likely, and subtle, variation on the "Fatal Attraction" theme. Unlike Glen Close's character in Fatal Attraction Sarah (Brochet) is a very likable and attractive woman ... well, except for a little problem with "abandonment issues". <smile> The power of the conflict this movie generates is tied to Spader's (and the viewers) empathy for Sarah. I would highly recommend this movie for those viewers that tend to like "character driven" movies.

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    • Release date
      • July 28, 1999 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • Ireland
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Driftwood
    • Filming locations
      • Ireland
    • Production companies
      • Blue Dolphin Film Distribution
      • Deadwood Limited
      • Goldcrest Films International
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 40 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital

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