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Synopsis: Frannie Avery is a New York City inner city high school English teacher, whose passion is collecting words and phrases that interest her, either because of their meaning and/or just because of the way they sound. The way that she and her paternal half sister Pauline Avery, her closest confidante, deal with men and sex has largely been affected by their father, who is working on marrying wife number five. Frannie thinks about sex more than she has it. Her lack of a sex life is further exacerbated by being the object of obsession of James Graham, a man with who she had a few casual dates and two sexual encounters, which has made her even more cautious. This complete experience is why she has a somewhat inappropriate, albeit non-sexual relationship with Cornelius Webb, one of her students. She eventually embarks on a sexual relationship with NYPD Homicide Detective Giovanni Malloy, who, along with his partner Detective Ritchie Rodriguez, are investigating the murder of a young woman, part
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Director(s): Jane Campion
Production: Sony Pictures
  1 win & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.3
Metacritic:
46
Rotten Tomatoes:
34%
R
Year:
2003
119 min
$4,717,455
Website
1,154 Views


It's so humiliating.

Is it the doctor?

Do you want to go up?

Okay.

Thanks, guys.

-Good luck.

-Feel better.

-What happened?

-His receptionist called me...

...with a referral

to another doctor.

He canceled our appointment.

-Was this after you had sex?

-He's right.

He shouldn't have had sex with me.

I mean, of course he's right.

Do you ever think about

just imagining sex?

-What do you mean?

-Just thinking about the doctor...

...not making appointments.

Just....

Just not really trying to have sex

with him in reality.

That's kind of boring.

I mean, I do. I do restrain myself.

You know, I just--

I got so enthusiastic...

...when I thought about him,

and it confused me...

...because I think enthusiasm

is a good thing, you know.

I mean, I think about....

How many appointments

did you make?

Last week?

Eleven.

How about I put on some music?

I waited outside his apartment.

I saw him and his wife...

...and I followed her

to the dry cleaner.

She left a tan suit.

Did you pick it up?

-What are you gonna do with it?

-I don't know.

I feel like such a freak.

This is what I do to get a dick

inside me.

You're not a freak.

I admire you.

You live out of your unconscious.

You're a poet of love.

The lovelorn man who

Sick in soul and of this

Busy human heart aweary

Worships the spirit

Of unconscious life

In tree or wildflower

Gentle lunatic

"Gentle lunatic." That's me.

I have something for you.

It's like a belated birthday thing.

I got it when I was styling that

commercial that got canceled.

Oh, God, that's beautiful.

-What is it?

-It's a courtship fantasy.

See, there's a little wedding bell

and a little house.

Open the baby carriage.

Oh, God.

Oh, no, am I gonna have

to feed this thing?

You should have a baby.

This is the closest I'll get.

And a man. You should have

a man too.

Somebody asked me out.

Good.

Who?

A police detective.

He's investigating a girl's murder.

You know the one who got cut up?

Oh, my God. Yeah.

Part of her body was found

in my garden.

Yuck.

So is this detective good-looking?

He seems young.

He's got a mustache.

They've all got that.

You didn't say no, Frannie?

Frannie?

You gotta go. Just for the exercise,

you should go.

You wanna borrow

some decent clothing?

-Can we look?

-I think you should.

Can you come with me?

Come on.

Get the woman a gin and tonic,

and l'll have a bourbon and Coke.

You got it.

You know, I'm wondering if maybe

you saw something at that bar.

I'm still wondering.

Maybe something

you don't know you saw.

Your colored boyfriend,

did he leave with you?

Cornelius? He's not my boyfriend.

And he left before me.

You saw him leave?

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Jane Campion

Dame Elizabeth Jane Campion (born 30 April 1954) is a New Zealand screenwriter, producer, and director. Campion is the second of five women ever nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director and is the first—and thus far, only—female filmmaker in history to receive the Palme d'Or, which she received for directing the acclaimed film The Piano (1993), for which she also won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. more…

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