Project Detail

Asylum

Synopsis

In the late 1950s, when her husband Max (Hugh Bonneville) takes up his post as deputy director of a remote psychiatric hospital, Stella Raphael (Natasha Richardson) and her young son, Charlie (Augustus Jeremiah Lewis) are brought to live on the grounds of the asylum.  Stella is soon drawn to charismatic inmate Edgar Stark (Marton Csokas). Undeterred by the warnings from her husband's colleague, Dr Cleave (Ian McKellen), Stella is prepared to risk everything to be with Edgar. Their passionate affair escalates as obsession begins to threaten Stella's love, her sanity and her very life.

Details

Year
2004
Type of film
Features
Running time
tbc
Format
35mm, Kodak
Director
David Mackenzie
Producer
David Collins for Samson Films
Editor
Colin Monie
Screenwriter
Patrick Marber from the novel by Patrick McGrath
Director of Photography
Giles Nuttgens
Sound
Brendan Deasy
Principal cast
Natasha Richardson, Ian McKellen, Marton Csokas, Hugh Bonneville and introducing Augustus Jeremiah Lewis

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Seven Arts Films Ltd

27 New Cavendish Street
London W1G 6AU
UK

Sales Company

Seven Arts International

London Office:
82 Berwick Street
London W1F 8TP
UK

T+44 (0)20 7287 7639

Los Angeles Office:

6310 San Vicente Blvd
Suite #510
Los Angeles, CA 90048
USA

T+1 323 634 0990

khoffman@7artspictures.com

UK Distributor: Momentum

184-192 Drummond Street
London NW1 3HP
UK

T+44 (0)20 7391 6900

sam.nichols@momentumpictures.co.uk

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