While on a journey of discovery in exotic India, beautiful young Ruth Barron falls under the influence of a charismatic religious guru. Her desperate parents then hire PJ Waters, a macho cult de-programmer who confronts Ruth in a remote desert hideaway. But PJ quickly learns that he's met his match in the sexy, intelligent and iron-willed Ruth.
Acting
Winslet's ferocious vulnerability vs. Keitel's crumbling machismo.
Direction
Campion turns the Australian outback into a surrealist battleground.
Cinematography
Dreamlike desert hallucinations that blur reality and desire.
Director
Jane Campion
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Winslet and Keitel reportedly stayed in character between takes, creating genuine tension on set.
Campion deliberately cast actual Indian spiritual seekers as extras, blurring documentary and fiction in the opening scenes.
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