Passion of Mind

Passion of Mind
Passion of Mind
	Promotional film poster
Directed by	Alain Berliner
Written by	Ronald Bass; ;
Produced by	Gary Lucchesi; Ronald Bass; ; Tom Rosenberg;
Starring	Demi Moore; Stellan Skarsgård; William Fichtner; Peter Riegert; Sinéad Cusack;
Cinematography	Eduardo Serra
Edited by	Anne V. Coates
Music by	Randy Edelman
Production; company	Lakeshore Entertainment
Distributed by	Paramount Classics (North America); Buena Vista International (International)
Release date	May 26, 2000;
Running time	105 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	English; French;
Budget	$12 million
Box office	$769,272

Passion of Mind is a 2000 American drama film starring Demi Moore.^[2] It was the first English-language film from Belgian director Alain Berliner, best known for the arthouse success Ma Vie en Rose. The film was panned by the critics and became a box-office bomb. grossing just $769,272 against its $12 million budget. Moore received a nomination for the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress.

Plot[]

Marty (Moore) is a high-powered single literary agent in Manhattan. Marie (also Moore) is a widow in Provence with two daughters and a peaceful life. Marty has been seeing a therapist (Peter Riegert) to deal with her vivid dreams of Marie's life; when Marie falls asleep she dreams Marty's life, but is much less disturbed by it. Each woman is convinced that the other is a figment of her imagination. When Marty meets Aaron (William Fichtner), they become friends and eventually lovers; terrified that her vivid other life means that she's losing her mind, Marty does not want to tell Aaron about it but finally does. Marie, meanwhile, has met William (Stellan Skarsgård); she too is reluctant to tell William about her dreams, particularly because she (as Marty) is falling in love with Aaron, but realizes that she cannot keep such an important part of her life a secret.

The two men react very differently: William is jealous, and Aaron is skeptical but not at all threatened, and wants only for Marty to be happy. Dreams and reality begin to merge when Marie goes on holiday with William to Paris, and Marty wakes up with an ashtray from the hotel on her night stand. Eventually Marty/Marie must come to terms with reality and choose which life is real and which is illusion.

Cast[]

Demi Moore as Martha Marie / 'Marty' Talridge
Julianne Nicholson as Kim
William Fichtner as Aaron Reilly
Sinéad Cusack as Jessie
Joss Ackland as Dr. Langer, the French psychiatrist
Peter Riegert as Dr. Peters, the New York psychiatrist
Stellan Skarsgård as William Granther
as Jennifer 'Jenny' Talridge
Gerry Bamman as Edward 'Ed' Youngerman

Reception[]

Reviews to Passion of Mind were largely negative from critics. Rotten Tomatoes gives it a 19% rating, based on 36 reviews. Moore was nominated for a Razzie Award for Worst Actress for this film.

References[]

^ Passion of Mind at Box Office Mojo
^ New York Times Theater Reviews (2002), The New York Times Film Reviews: 1999-2000, Taylor & Francis, p. 319, ISBN 0415936969.

External links[]

Passion of Mind at IMDb
Passion of Mind at Rotten Tomatoes

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[1] Passion of Mind at Box Office Mojo

[NYTTR2002-2] New York Times Theater Reviews (2002), The New York Times Film Reviews: 1999-2000, Taylor & Francis, p. 319, ISBN 0415936969.

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