Golden Braid (1990)
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Bernard (Chris Haywood) is clearly someone with an obsessive personality, as witnessed by his lifelong love affair with old-time clocks. He even earns his livelihood by finding, selling, and repairing them. However, obsessions aside, he seems a decent sort, happly involved in a relationship with… More Bernard (Chris Haywood) is clearly someone with an obsessive personality, as witnessed by his lifelong love affair with old-time clocks. He even earns his livelihood by finding, selling, and repairing them. However, obsessions aside, he seems a decent sort, happly involved in a relationship with Terese (Gosia Dobrowolska), the wife of a clueless Salvation Army major. When Bernard discovers a lock of golden hair in a very old cabinet, a new obsession develops: he literally falls in love with it. He talks to it, he fondles it, he even has sex (of a sort) with it. As he does, he grows every more detached from real life. However, his living girlfriend is not going to take this sort of thing lying down, and she energetically works to win him back. This tale is based on a 19th century story, Le Chevelure, by French author Guy de Maupassant. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
It's a film for those who appreciate oddities in filmmaking.
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Cast
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Chris Haywood
as Bernard Simon
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Gosia Dobrowolska
as Terese
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Paul Chubb
as Joseph
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Norman Kaye
as Psychiatrist
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Marion Heathfield
as Cleaning woman
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Monica Maughan
as Antique shop owner
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Robert Menzies
as Ernst
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Jo Kennedy
as Paradise
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Paul Cox
as Priest
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Barry Dickins
as Barber
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Manuel Bachet
as Delivery Man #2
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Harold Baigent
as Clockmaker
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François Bernard
as Deliveryman #1
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Sheila Florance
as Lady with clock
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James Khong
as Restaurant owner
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Dawn Klingberg
as Woman in dreams
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Victoria Eagger
as Shop assistant
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Mark Little
as Punk
