Dance with a Stranger

1985 · 96 min · EN · R · 6.1 (57 votes)

Dir. Mike Newell · Starring Miranda Richardson, Rupert Everett, Ian Holm, Matthew Carroll, Tom Chadbon, Jane Bertish · Music Richard Hartley

“It wasn't simply love. It was a case of cold-blooded passion.”

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Ruth Ellis lives with her ten-year old son Andy next to a night club. One night she meets David Blakely, and they start a love affair. However, for David with his upper-class background, it is impossible to uphold the relationship. He breaks up with her, something which makes Ellis, obsessed by him, very upset.

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A raw, heart-wrenching portrayal of a doomed romance. It feels like watching a slow-motion car crash, steeped in the smoky atmosphere of 1950s London nightlife. The emotional intensity builds to an inevitable, devastating conclusion.

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