Stellas Versuchung (2005)

Stellas Versuchung: Directed by David Mackenzie. With Natasha Richardson, Hugh Bonneville, Gus Lewis, Ian McKellen. A woman becomes very curious about one of her psychiatrist husband’s inmates, a man who was found guilty in the murder and disfigurement of his former wife.

“In the 50u0026#39;s, the psychiatrist Max Raphael (Hugh Bonneville) is hired to work as superintendent of an asylum in the outskirts of London, and he moves with his wife Stella Raphael (Natasha Richardson) and their son Charlie (Gus Lewis). Stella has a passionless marriage and is ignored by Max; her boredom changes when her son befriends the handsome inmate Edgar Stark (Marton Csokas), an sculptor that in a crisis of jealousy had killed and disfigured his wife, and that is treated by Dr. Peter Cleave (Ian McKellen), an ambitious psychiatrist that aspired Maxu0026#39;s position. During the afternoons, Stella has a hot adulterous affair with Edgar until the day he escapes and their affair is discovered. Stella has to take a decision between her family and her wild passion for Edgar.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu0026quot;Asylumu0026quot; is a sort of combination of u0026quot;Madame Bovaryu0026quot; with u0026quot;La Ragazza di Triesteu0026quot;, telling the wild and tragic passion of an ignored and bored woman and her descent into a hell life with a madman. The narrative is sexually tense, and the still sexy Natasha Richardson has a fantastic performance in the role of a woman that becomes obsessed by her destructive desire. Her chemistry with Marton Csokas is amazing, combining tension, madness and eroticism in a stylish cinematography. My vote is seven.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eTitle (Brazil): u0026quot;Paixão Sem Limitesu0026quot; (u0026quot;Passion Without Limitsu0026quot;)”