1995, 90 min
Country: Great Britain
Studio: Miramax
Cast: Katrin Cartlidge, Frances Barber, James Fleet, Con O'Neill
Director: Constantine Giannaris
Screenwriter: Constantine Giannaris
Our Rating:
3 Steps to Heaven
SKINOPSISAfter a night of wild partying, the body of one of the guests is found washed up on the riverside. Desperate for answers, his girlfriend (Katrin Cartlidge) takes up multiple identities searching from London high society to the underbelly of the city to track his last hours -- getting naked a few times in the process.
REVIEW
Combining remarkable performances, striking cinematography and an intricately woven story, director Constantine Giannaris has created a superbly entertaining mystery with a gay twist. Katrin Cartlidge (Naked) stars as Suzanne, a woman distraught over the mysterious death of her gorgeous young boyfriend, Sean. Sean went out clubbing one night and never came home. Sean's friend took a photo of the hottie getting into a car with three people: Angel Farnham, a designer with a voracious taste for cocaine; Labor deputy Harry Roberts, an MP who likes boys secretly; and Andrea Wallace, a talk show host who drinks and snorst coke with her buddies. Suzanne decides she's going find out what happened to her boyfriend by entrapping these three. Suffice it to say that all kinds of bad things happen and no one is left unharmed by the "investigation." This film was picked up by Miramax at the 1995 Cannes Festival and is only now getting its release, 10 years later. Why it took so long we can only guess! "A gay sensibility is not the thematic preoccupation, but rather woven into the texture of the film, subordinated to a broader narrative" -- Constantine Giannaris -- Scott Cranin
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