Love and Rage

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Love and Rage ★★ 1999 (R)

James Lynchehaun (Craig) turns up on the remote island of Achill in 1896 and soon gets a job looking after the estate of wealthy widow Agnes MacDonnell (Scacchi). He also becomes her lover and the two engage in some unnerving psychosexual games that lead to Agnes' being brutalized by James. Based on a true story; adapted from the novel “The Playboy and the Yellow Lady” by James Carney. 100m/C VHS, DVD . IR GE GB Daniel Craig, Greta Scacchi, Stephen (Dillon) Dillane, Donal Donnelly, Valerie Edmond; D: Cathal Black; W: Brian Lynch; C: Slawomir Idziak; M: Ralf Wienrich.

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