The Book of Revelation (2006)
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69% of critics liked it
(13 reviews) -
39% want to see it
(1,036 ratings)
A talented dancer who was abducted and tortured by three mysterious women struggles to come to grips with his harrowing experience in director Ana Kokkinos' adaptation of Rupert Thompson's unsettling novel. A beautiful and charismatic dancer who has immersed himself in a dream world of… More A talented dancer who was abducted and tortured by three mysterious women struggles to come to grips with his harrowing experience in director Ana Kokkinos' adaptation of Rupert Thompson's unsettling novel. A beautiful and charismatic dancer who has immersed himself in a dream world of graceful movement, Daniel (Tom Long) maintains an amiable but somewhat detached relationship with his girlfriend, and a passionate relationship with his mentor and choreographer Isabel (Greta Scacci). When Daniel ventures out for cigarettes one day and doesn't return, the women in his life are devastated. Upon returning without explanation eleven days later, the profoundly shaken Daniel is unable to articulate his experience and loses his ability to dance. To make matters worse, Daniel is unable to engage emotionally with even the people who were closest to him before the strange incident. Now, in order to reclaim his identity by confronting his abductors, Daniel sets out to find the three women with only his memories of the ambient sounds that flowed into his window to guide him. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Ana Kokkinos
- Genres
- Drama, Horror, Musical & Performing Arts, Mystery & Suspense
Unrated,
Critic Reviews
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Nigel Floyd, Time Out
An adaptation of novelist Rupert Thomson's erotic mystery/thriller that fails to find a visual or narrative equivalent for the book's elegant prose and lubricious mysteries.
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Megan Lehmann, Hollywood Reporter
The premise is provocative but the film lingers too long on the scenes of imprisonment, turning them into a kind of soft-porn performance art and leaving the emotional aftershocks less satisfyingly explored.
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Russell Edwards, Variety
Even the pivotal weakness of [Tom] Long's dull persona can't undermine the pic's determination to confront auds intellectually and emotionally.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
A controversial psychological drama.
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Cath Clarke, Guardian [UK]
There's a fine and committed performance by Long, who looks like a pretty, young Nick Cave, but the women are never anything more than agents of the central conceit, the missing link in an otherwise psychologically intriguing film.
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Cast
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Tom Long
as Daniel
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Greta Scacchi
as Isabel Auster
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Colin Friels
as Olsen Mark
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Anna Torv
as Bridget/Gertrude
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Deborah Mailman
as Julie
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Zoe Coyle
as Renate
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Zoe Naylor
as Astrid
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Odette Joannides
as Maude
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Nadine Garner
as Margot
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Olivia Pigeot
as Bernadette
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Ana Maria Belo
as Sally
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Belinda McClory
as Jeanette
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Sibylla Budd
as Deborah
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Geneviève Picot
as Barmaid
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Nina Liu
as Vivian
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Brian Lipson
as James
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Gavin Webber
as Dancer, Justin
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Shaun Parker
as Dancer, Paul
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Damien Fotiou
as Shopkeeper
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Marty Fields
as Charging Officer
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Ken Radley
as Policeman
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Anthony Wallace
as Policeman
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Robert Morgan
as Doctor
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Matt Wilson
as Street Performer
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Michael Carter
as Dancer
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Ryan Lowe
as Dancer
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Fiona Malone
as Dancer
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Mia Mason
as Dancer
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Carlee Mellow
as Dancer
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Jan Pinkerton
as Dancer
