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Passion

  • 1999
  • TMDB 4.5/10
  • 1h 42m

Passion concentrates on Grainger's unusual relationship with his mother and his sexual peculiarities (especially his obsessive self-flagellation, though homosexuality is also hinted at) which affect his relationship with a woman who comes to love him. It is set mainly in London in 1914, when Grainger's mother Rose was ill (she would later jump to her death in New York, upset by ill-founded rumours of incest with her son).

Overview

Passion concentrates on Grainger's unusual relationship with his mother and his sexual peculiarities (especially his obsessive self-flagellation, though homosexuality is also hinted at) which affect his relationship with a woman who comes to love him. It is set mainly in London in 1914, when Grainger's mother Rose was ill (she would later jump to her death in New York, upset by ill-founded rumours of incest with her son).

Cast

  • Richard RoxburghPercy Grainger
  • Barbara HersheyRose Grainger
  • Emily WoofKaren Holten
  • Claudia KarvanAlfhild de Luce
  • Simon BurkeHerman Sandby
  • Linda CropperMrs. Lowery
  • Julia BlakeQueen Alexandra
  • Bille BrownJohn Grainger

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