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Asylum

Natasha Richardson, Natasha Richardson, Ian McKellen, Ian McKellen, Hugh Bonneville, Hugh Bonneville, Marton Csokas, Marton Csokas, Joss Ackland, Joss Ackland, Judy Parfitt, Judy Parfitt, Maria Aitken and Maria Aitken

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Set in late-1950s England, David Mackenzies ASYLUM is a Gothic romance filled with erotic obsession, deception, and murder. Natasha Richardson gives a bravura performance as Stella Raphael, an unhappy woman who is forced to move with her son, Charlie (Gus Lewis), to rural Yorkshire when her husband, Max (Hugh Bonneville), earns a post as deputy superintendent of a psychiatric institution for the criminally insane. Among the patients there is Edgar Stark (Marton Csokas), a brooding sculptor who has been imprisoned for the brutal murder of his wife. When Stark gets a job working in the Raphaels garden and conservatory, the attraction grows between Stella and him as Starks doctor, Peter Cleave (Ian McKellen), Maxs rival, watches closely, harbouring his own ulterior motives. When Edgar escapes, Stella must decide whether to remain in her sedate life in Yorkshire or go after the dangerous man she has fallen in love with. Based on Patrick McGraths 1997 novel, ASYLUM examines the fine line between marriage and passion, between the confined and the confused, as art and beauty combine with deceit and betrayal to tell a powerful story that features excellent performances by Richardson, McKellen, and Csokas, as well as fine support from Joss Ackland and Judy Parfitt. Maria Aitken, who just happens to be the wife of author McGrath, plays Claudia Greene.