Main Cast: Linda Evangelista, Bernard Hill, Julian Sands, Saffron Burrows, Stefano Dionisi, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Kelly MacDonald
Release Year: 1999
Country: US
Run Time: 106 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
Director Mike Figgis, creator of the Academy award-winning Leaving Las Vegas, presented this film's world premiere at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival. The story is made up of non-linear, interconnected episodes about a man at different stages of his life, all of which explicate thematically the film's title. The film also juxtaposes a retelling of the classic biblical fall-from-grace tale of Adam and Eve. We see the leading character, Nic, at 5 years old as a boy in colonial Kenya, at age 16 in swinging London in the '60s, and as a grown man working as a film ethnographer. Each sequence shows how he lost some degree of his sexual innocence, whether it be through love, puberty, or masturbation. Shot all over the world, including Tunisia, Italy, and England, the film is an exploration of sex and loss through the life of one individual. ~ Arthur Borman, All Movie Guide
Femi Ogumbanjo - Adam; Hanne Klintoe - Eve; Johanna Torrel - Nic's Wife; George Moktar - Nic (age 12); John Cowey - Nic (age 5); James Bradley - Band Member; Bernard Hill; Linda Evangelista
Credit
Jina Jay - Casting, Barney Reisaz - Co-producer, Florence Nicaise - Costume Designer, James Bradley - First Assistant Director, Mike Figgis - Director, Matthew Wood - Editor, Patrick Wachsberger - Executive Producer, Mike Figgis - Composer (Music Score), Giorgio Desideri - Production Designer, Benoit Delhomme - Cinematographer, Mike Figgis - Producer, Annie Stewart - Producer, Pawel Widowczak - Sound/Sound Designer, Mike Figgis - Screenwriter, Mark Taylor - Re-Recording Mixer
The Loss of Sexual Innocence is a 1999 film written and directed by Mike Figgis. It tells the story of the sexual development of a filmmaker through three stages of his life, in a non-linear and disjointed manner. The film stars British actress Saffron Burrows, whom Figgis dated for several years.[1]
