Movie Type: Erotic Thriller, Psychological Thriller
Themes: Cons and Scams, Femmes Fatales, Dangerous Attraction
Main Cast: Christina Ricci, John Simm, Kyle MacLachlan, John Hurt, Julian Rhind-Tutt
Release Year: 2002
Country: UK
Run Time: 95 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
First-time feature director Marc Munden's Miranda is a story about a man obsessed with an elusive woman. Frank (John Simm) is a librarian who falls hard for Miranda (Christina Ricci) the second he sees her in the library. She is secretly helping the nefarious Christian (John Hurt) in a real estate scam involving the library. Miranda, a master of disguise, soon travels to London where she goes to work on Nailor (Kyle McLachlan). She does not know that Frank is following her. Miranda was screened at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
Tim Ellis - Art Director, Kate Rhodes James - Casting, Elinor Day - Co-producer, Michelle Clapton - Costume Designer, Stephen Woolfenden - First Assistant Director, Marc Munden - Director, Bill Diver - Editor, Paul Webster - Executive Producer, Hanno Huth - Executive Producer, Robert Jones - Executive Producer, Philip Clarke - Executive Producer, Mark Hubbard - Line Producer, Murray Gold - Composer (Music Score), Liz Gallagher - Musical Direction/Supervision, Alice Normington - Production Designer, Ben Davis - Cinematographer, Laurence Bowen - Producer, Barbara Herman-Skelding - Set Designer, Bruce Wills - Sound/Sound Designer, Rob Young - Screenwriter, Steve Parker - Additional Cinematography, Anne Gershon - Supervising Sound Editor
Frank (Simm), a librarian in the United Kingdom, falls in love with a mysterious American dancer named Miranda (Ricci). She suddenly disappears, and he tracks her down in London, finding out that she is actually a con artist. He leaves her, returning to Northern England.
Miranda and her boss (Hurt) are in business selling buildings that they don't own to unwitting customers. After making a big score, her boss leaves her, and the customer (MacLachlan) seeks revenge against Miranda. Frank realizes that he should not have left her, and returns to London, saving her.
