The Loss of Sexual Innocence
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Mike Figgis
James Younger
Zoe Jones
Wesley Kipling
Rachel Boss
Kelly Macdonald
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Interconnected stories unfold to reveal episodes in the life of a documentary filmmaker--all interwoven, they are paralleled with a contemporary allegory of the classic story of Adam and Eve's 'fall from grace' in the Garden of Eden. Told in a non-linear structure, the stories follow Nic from his youth in Africa, as the son of British colonists, to post war England, his first love, his marriage, his infidelity, and his return to Africa to make a film. Nic's tale is cross-cut with the classical parable of Adam and Eve which serves as an allegory to the unraveling of events in his own life. The two tales intertwined, ultimately serve as a powerful summation of the loss of innocence--not just of Nic but of humanity and our species.
Director
Mike Figgis
Cast
James Younger
Zoe Jones
Wesley Kipling
Rachel Boss
Kelly Macdonald
Nina Mckay
Rossy De Palma
David Medleycott
Maggie Nicols
Mark Long
James Bradley
Red Mullet
Johanna Torrel
Femi Ogumbanjo
Hanne Klintoe
Nazih Yousef
Cite Chebbia
Marina Ilina
Phil Swinburne
Roderic Leigh
Mike Figgis
Jock Gibson Cowl
Joanna Macgregor
Bruno Bilotta
Anthony Cleckener
Justin Chadwick
Miriam Stockley
John Cowey
Saffron Burrows
Clare Jones
Geraint Ellis
Bernard Hill
Nick Figgis
Rami Chebbi
Stefano Dionisi
Gina Mckee
Dickson Osa-omorogbe
Jeffrey Coulson
George Moktar
Fabrizia Farra
Julian Sands
Rodney Charles
Malcolm Holmes
Joe Cunningham
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Crew
Mouldi El Aieb
David Ambrosi
Chris Andrews
Darren Armstrong
Beatrice Arweiler
Alex Ayress
Mu Ayress
Essia Baaziz
Mounir Baaziz
Shaheen Baig
Marta Baliva
Paola Barbaglia
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Ranjana Bell
Valerio Berlini
Daniel Berquini
Guido Bianchi
Martine Bianco
Alan Blue
Amanda Blue
Steve Boag
Andrea Borella
Andrea Borella
Omrani Boufersene
Georgia Boyle
James Bradley
Lucy Bristow
Karen Britcliffe
Robert Brock
Anita Bryan
Martin Bullard
Alexis Sweet Cahill
John Caro
Marc Charach
Adel Chelbi
Abdessatar Cherif
Frederic Chopin
Tony Coe
Danny Cohen
Paul Collard
Ed Colyer
Clive Coote
Gail Cowey
Lol Crawley
Bernard Dechaumel
Caroline Deeds
Benoît Delhomme
Cristina Derossi
Giorgio Desideri
Rita Dhaoui
Skander Dhaoui
Catherine Buyse Dian
Walter Donohue
Mike Dowson
Kevin Edland
Rosalind Edmunds
Linda Evangelista
Mauro Falomi
Federico Falsini
James Feltham
Arlen Figgis
Judy Figgis
Mike Figgis
Mike Figgis
Mike Figgis
Mike Figgis
Sean Figgis
Bianni Fiumi
Shirlaine Forrest
Jeff Foster
Carlo Gagliardi
Louisa Garnier
Bechir Garsallah
Jacquie Glanville
Russell Gow
Arthur Holland Graley
Mavis Grant
Charles Green
Louise Hammar
Colin Hanson
Julie Harris
Nigel Heath
John Higgins
Nigel Horn
Ashley Horner
Ira Hurvitz
Sara Hutchinson
Gianni Indovino
Jina Jay
Alan John
Jennifer Jones
Pat Joseph
Robert Kennedy
Jonathan Kidd
Jonathan Kidd
Lassaad Labbene
Jean-marie Leguen
Antonio Letterio
Christine Llwellyn-reeve
Mark Long
Slim Mahjoub
Vaughn Mallady
James Mallison
Abdelkader Manai
Kamel Marcouche
Stefano Marino
David Medlycott
Christine Moktar
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Carlo Muccheto
Martin Mulvain
Florence Nicaise
Luca Nicolaj
Carl O'rourke
Bienchen Ohly
Luigi Orso
David Pacchiarotti
John Pearse
Massimo Perla
Celine Philibert
Bruna Piercecchi
Suzannah Ramsay
Barney Reisz
Peter Robson
Souheil Rouissi
Dana Sano
Robert Schumann
Robbie Scott
Lionel Selwyn
Sandie Shaw
Jean Sheffield
Lotfii Siela
Julian Slater
Lisa St Aubin De Teran
Georgia Stabb
Annie Stewart
Paul Tankard
Julie Tate
Mark Taylor
Mark Taylor
Katya Thomas
Joan Thompson
Natasha Tilley
Antonio Tomassi
Giovanni Tomassi
Alberto Tosto
Brahim Toumi
Mark Tucker
Leila Turki
Ridha Turki
Mauro Venditti
Viola Vergani
Lars Vinther
Patrick Wachsberger
Maureen Watson
Pawel Wdowczak
Andrew Wiggins
Dan Williams
John Wilson
Nick Wollage
Jessica Worrall
Carmel Wright
Armando Zappi
Film Details
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Summer May 28, 1999
Released in United States 1999
Released in United States January 1999
Released in United States July 2000
Released in United States November 1999
Released in United States on Video November 16, 1999
Released in United States Summer May 28, 1999
Shown at Karlovy Vary Inernational Film Festival July 5-15, 2000.
Shown at London Film Festival November 3-18, 1999.
Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (American Independent Cinema) May 13 - June 6, 1999.
Began shooting October 6, 1997.
Completed shooting November 8, 1997.
Released in United States 1999 (Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (American Independent Cinema) May 13 - June 6, 1999.)
Released in United States January 1999 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (Premieres) in Park City, Utah January 21 -31, 1999.)
Released in United States July 2000 (Shown at Karlovy Vary Inernational Film Festival July 5-15, 2000.)
Released in United States November 1999 (Shown at London Film Festival November 3-18, 1999.)
Released in United States on Video November 16, 1999
