Country: France, Canada, UK
Year: 2002
Duration: 98'


Spider is a lonely man. After having passed many years in a psychiatric hospital, he returns to London's East End, where he grew up, and begins to remember his childhood. In particular, he remembers the dramatic death of his mother who, according to Spider, was killed by her husband because he had become infatuated with a prostitute, Yvonne. Spider is a guest in a house run by strict Mrs. Wilkinson, he feels mistreated and begins to lose contact with reality. The efforts of Terrence, the only person who shows he really wants to help Spider, are to no avail.

Biography

film director

David Cronenberg

David Cronenberg (Toronto 1943) got his start in the 1960's with a few short films, moving on to television in the early 1970's. His first movie was Shivers (1975), which brought him to the attention of horror fans. His films Scanners (1981) and Videodrome (1983) were great international successes. In 1986 he brought the classic The Fly to the screen and, two years later, made one of his most memorable films, Dead Ringers. In 1991 he transposed The Naked Lunch by William Burroughs for the big screen. Crash (1996) won the Jury's Grand Prize at the festival in Cannes and eXistenZ (1999) won the Silver Bear in Berlin. Spider won a prize as best Canadian film at the festival in Toronto.

FILMOGRAFIA

Shivers (Il demone sotto la pelle, 1975), Rabid (Rabid - Sete di sangue, 1977), Fast Company (Veloci di mestiere, 1979), The Brood (Brood, covata malefica, 1979), Scanners (id., 1981), Videodrome (id., 1983), The Dead Zone (La zona morta, 1983), The Fly (La mosca, 1986), Dead Ringers (Inseparabili, 1988), The Naked Lunch (Il pasto nudo, 1991), M. Butterfly (id., 1993), Crash (id., 1996), eXistenZ (id., 1999), Spider (id., 2002), A History of Violence (id., 2005), Eastern Promises (La promessa dell’assassino, 2007), A Dangerous Method (id., 2011), Cosmopolis (id., 2012), Maps to the Stars (id., 2014).

Cast

& Credits

Francia-Canada-Gran Bretagna/France-Canada-Great Britain, 2002, 35mm, 98', col.
Director and screenplay: David Cronenberg.
Plot: dal romanzo omonimo di Patrick McGrath.
Director of photography: Peter Suschitzky.
Special effects: Alan Senior.
Music: Howard Shore.
Art director: Andrew Sanders.
Costume designer: Denise Cronenberg.
Editor: Ronald Sanders.
Cast and characters: Ralph Fiennes (Spider), Bradley Hall (giovane Spider), Miranda Richardson (signora Cleg/Yvonne), Gabriel Byrne (Bill Cleg), Lynn Redgrave (signora Wilkinson), John Neville (Terrence).
Produttori: Catherine Bailey, Samuel Hadida.
Production company: Catherine Bailey Ltd./Davis Films/Artists Independent Network/Grosvenor Park.
Italian distribution: Fandango, via Ajaccio 20, 00198 Rome, Italy, tel. +39-06-85300487, fax +39-06-85353790, e-mail fandango@fandango.it.
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