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Twisted Obsession

Dan Gillis, an American screenwriter living in Paris, recently abandoned by his wife, and getting used to his new life as a bachelor while trying to take care of his son, Danny - is commissioned to write a script for a movie called "The Dream of the Mad Monkey". The offer comes from Legrand, a successful producer with whom he has worked in the past, but on this occasion he is being asked to write an unconventional story with Malcolm, a young and unknown film director. Dan is undecided about the offer, seeing it as far from the kind of work he has grown used to, but eventually agrees to do the job despite the reticence of Marilyn, his beautiful disabled agent. As he starts to work on the script, Dan allows himself to become immersed in the closed universe of potentially incestuous relations surrounding Malcolm and his beautiful but emotionally detached young sister Jenny. Dan becomes obsessed with mysterious Jenny and they soon become lovers in a not so conventional way. In his obsession, Dan tries to find out more about her and in the process realizes that everything is not exactly what it seems and that he's been used.

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Jeff Goldblum
Daniel Gillis
Miranda Richardson
Marilyn
Anémone
Marianne

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Awards

  • 1990 - Goya - Best Director (Mejor Director) - winner
  • 1990 - Goya - Best Adapted Screenplay (Mejor Guión Adaptado) - winner
  • 1990 - Goya - Best Cinematography (Mejor Fotografía) - winner
  • 1990 - Goya - Best Sound (Mejor Sonido) - nominated

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