Accident

Accident

1967 · 105 min · EN · NR · 6.2 (96 votes)
Dir. Joseph Losey · Starring Dirk Bogarde, Stanley Baker, Jacqueline Sassard, Michael York, Vivien Merchant, Delphine Seyrig · Music John Dankworth

The story of a love triangle... and the four people trapped in it!

CrimeDramaRomance

Stephen is a professor at Oxford University who is caught in a rut and feels trapped by his life in both academia and marriage. One of his students, William, is engaged to the beautiful Anna, and Stephen becomes enamored of the younger woman. These three people become linked together by a horrible car crash, with flashbacks providing details into the lives of each person and their connection to the others in this brooding English drama.

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A brooding, melancholic examination of obsession and regret. This slow-burn drama feels like a haunted confession, exploring the destructive consequences of desire and the inescapable weight of past choices.

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