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Cast
- Julian SandsAdult Nic
- Saffron BurrowsEnglish / Italian Twin
- Justin ChadwickFlash Man
- Stefano DionisiLuca
- Kelly MacdonaldSusan
- Gina McKeeSusan's Mother
- Jonathan Rhys MeyersNic, aged 16
- Bernard HillSusan's Father
- Rossy de PalmaBlind Woman
- John CoweyNic, aged 5
Recommandations
- 88
Chicago Sun-Times
Not all of it works, but you play along, because it's rare to find a film this ambitious. - 80
Los Angeles Times
[Figgis's] most venturesome, most personal - and least accessible film to date. If you open your mind and trust him completely, it's possible to experience the wrenching impact of this ravishingly beautiful and highly distinctive film. - 75
ReelViews
The Loss of Sexual Innocence is not a masterpiece (at times, its obtuseness can seem ponderous and pretentious), it is nevertheless a fascinating experience, with the focus being on the artistic elements inherent in the medium rather than on the narrative. - 75
San Francisco Chronicle
It's visually stunning, especially in scenes of the African countryside, and takes more risks than most independent films. - 70
Film Threat
There's some darn poignant stuff going on here.... The problem is that the audience will try to connect everything to the explicit Eden analogy, and not everything will. The director wins points for enticing you to figure it out, though, and I did enjoy it. - 50
Austin Chronicle
This is a gutsy, oddly inspiring film that embodies both the risks and rewards of artistic boldness. - 50
San Francisco Examiner
The absence of substance, or its banishment, and the director's reliance on allure (in the film's casting and in its look and sound, which features haunting music by Beethoven and Chopin), leave Innocence with the quasi-profound, giggly overreach of a magazine layout come to shameless, shallow life. - 40
Salon
The Loss of Sexual Innocence is a failure to be sure, but if it's not exactly a brave one, it's one whose foolhardiness deserves at least half a salute.
