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The Passion of Darkly Noon is a film of genre Drama directed by Philip Ridley released in USA on 2 january 1995 with Brendan Fraser
The Passion of Darkly Noon (1995)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 2 january 1995
Length 1h40
Directed by Philip Ridley
Themes Films about religion
Rating58%
The Passion of Darkly Noon is a 1995 psychological drama-suspense film written and directed by Philip Ridley and starring Brendan Fraser in the title role, and co-starring Ashley Judd and Viggo Mortensen.
The protagonist's name and film title come both from a passage in the Bible, 1 Corinthians 13: "Now we see through a glass, darkly...".
For the film Ridley was awarded the Best Director Prize at the Porto Film festival.
Synopsis
Darkly Noon (Fraser) is a young man who has spent his entire life as a member of an ultraconservative Christian cult. After a violent altercation that results in the dissolution of the cult and the death of Darkly's parents, a disoriented Darkly wanders into a forest in the Appalachian region of North Carolina and is rescued from exhaustion by a coffin transporter named Jude (Loren Dean) and his friend Callie (Ashley Judd).Actors
Brendan Fraser
(Darkly Noon)
Ashley Judd
(Callie)
Viggo Mortensen
(Clay)
Loren Dean
(Jude)
Grace Zabriskie
(Roxy)
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