Kissed

Synopsis: Sandra Larson has always been fascinated by the entire sensory experience surrounding death: its touch, smell and look. As a child, she would search out dead animals and perform ritualistic burials. As a young woman, Sandra gets a job at Wallis Funeral Home, first as a general assistant, then progressing to study to become an embalmer. At the funeral home, she begins to take her fascination with death to the next level by becoming a necrophiliac. But she also begins her first ever relationship with Matt, a medical student, with who she is totally open about her necrophilia. He finds this aspect of her compelling. He becomes all consumed with her as she is consumed with dead people. The questions become how far he will take this fascination with her to understand fully what is going through her emotional being, how far she will allow him to go, and how far can her feelings for him extend as a live being.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): Lynne Stopkewich
Production: British Columbia Films
  7 wins & 10 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.5
Rotten Tomatoes:
70%
R
Year:
1996
78 min
164 Views


When you die, your life flashes...

and you disintegrate, radiating energy.

When a thing turns into its opposite,

when love becomes hate...

there are always sparks.

But when life turns into death...

it's explosive.

There are streaks of light...

magical and electrifying.

Everyone senses something,

some energy, some spirit...

some sort of illumination.

But I see it.

I've seen bodies shining like stars.

Some say there's no soul. No afterlife.

But life, like death,

is the straightest line on the compass.

And nothing more.

I say believe what you want.

Because no matter what you do,

cut everything up, burn it all down...

you're in the path

of something beyond your control.

I've always been fascinated by death.

The feel of it, the smell of it...

and the stillness.

I shroud the body. Shroud the body.

Shroud little sparrow with broken wing.

I lower the body. Lower the body.

I enter the night. Enter the night.

The anointment.

Hi!

Come on, guys, two minutes in the closet.

Carol was my first real friend.

She said she could see in the dark...

and talk to spirits and ghosts.

Puss-puss, what you got?

It's a mouse.

Sandra.

- Let's bury him.

- Okay.

Carry the body. Carry the body.

We carry the body.

- Let's bow our heads in prayer.

- All right.

For what we are about to receive,

may the Lord make us truly thankful. Amen.

That's grace.

It's religious, that's all that matters.

Come on.

- You're leaving already?

- Yeah.

Okay.

All summer long, we'd find dead animals...

shroud their bodies, chant, and bury them.

All by daylight.

After dark, I'd go back

and give them a proper burial.

It's a chipmunk.

- What's that?

- Baby chipmunks.

They're dead.

What'll we do with them?

We'll have a special ceremony.

And please, dear God, who art in heaven...

take care of the chipmunks.

In power and in glory,

thy kingdom come. Amen.

- What are you doing?

- What does it look like? Come on!

Oh, no, I hurt it.

I must have squeezed it too hard.

Carol.

Carol!

Oh, boy.

Mom said Carol's mother had phoned

and was very upset.

She said I had made her do

some sort of witchcraft dance out there.

Mom told me to stay away from Carol.

She said I was a lady now.

I never played with Carol again.

And for the first time

I saw myself the way others might.

I would like you all

to pay attention to the technique.

We start the incision from the abdomen, up.

Sandra Larson?

Do you have a problem with this?

No.

It's dead. Doesn't feel a thing.

Now we continue the process

by exposing major organs.

As you can see,

the heart is protected by the rib cage.

Cutting into the body

seemed dangerous and destructive.

But I had to get inside...

see the order...

understand the perfection.

Larson's Flowers.

Yeah, gladiolas are no problem.

We can deliver by 2:00. All right.

Sandra.

The Valley Forge...

and of course, the Monaco.

No, that can't be right.

God damn it.

Mr. Wallis? Hi.

Is it that time already?

Quick, follow me.

Anywhere is fine. The family is going

to rearrange them all anyway.

That's good. Now if you'll excuse me,

I have some work to do.

I'd like to work here.

Pardon?

I need a job.

I overheard you talking with Dad.

I'm really sorry about your assistant.

- Well, Sandra...

- The flower shop was just to help out.

- I have my chauffeur's license.

- Oh, I see.

What do you know about funerals?

What is there to know?

And here we have the office,

the showroom...

- three slumber rooms for viewing.

- Three?

Oh, yes. Remember that bus wreck

last summer? It was crazy.

But we managed to squeeze them all in.

And this is where it all happens.

Once we've worked our magic,

you'd think they were sleeping.

Comfortable repose,

that's what we're trying to achieve.

Now...

which one was it?

Yes. You can use this one.

What should I wear?

A simple dress with flats will do.

Oh, and one more thing.

Don't wear black. It's too depressing.

Okay.

Jan! Come and meet Sandy Larson.

She's taking over where Tony left off.

She is Tony's replacement, so to speak.

Hands like the Virgin.

He's Catholic.

I did the things I did to find the edge...

feel the end beginning.

Any thought you act on...

pushes you further out.

After you bring in all the flowers,

you can empty the ashtrays.

If you need a vacuum,

there's always one in the closet.

All right.

- Mr. Wallis, is there...

- Yes.

Do you know who?

Tony. Died on the job...

buried on the job.

- Should l...

- Right.

The parents will be here in half an hour.

Better open him up.

He was a good boy. Handsome.

He was. Very handsome.

You're so cold.

That's okay.

"And he that was dead came forth...

"bound hand and foot with graveclothes:

"And his face was bound about

with a napkin.

"Jesus saith unto them,

'Loose him, and let him go."'

Crossing over was glorious

and overwhelming.

It was absolutely addictive.

Mr. Wallis?

I want to study embalming.

I want to study the art.

Why?

- It's unique.

- Yes, it is, Sandra.

It is a profession apart from all others.

I really think I'd be good at it.

Welcome to embalming.

Now, if rigor mortis has begun...

then all these muscles

need to be broken up.

Because after a while,

they really don't listen.

That's more comfortable.

You have to pack up all these holes.

Otherwise, we'll have

a real mess on our hands.

There.

What's that?

It's something to make him smile.

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Angus Fraser

Angus Robert Charles Fraser MBE (born 8 August 1965) is currently Middlesex County Cricket Club's managing director of cricket, and a former English cricketer and journalist. In February 2014, Fraser was made an England selector.Fraser played in forty-six Test matches and forty-two One Day Internationals for England. Cricket commentator Colin Bateman, in typical understatement, commented that Fraser was "a reliable, intelligent and hard-working bowler". more…

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