I Want You (1998)

Directed by

Michael Winterbottom

Genre

drama film, musical film, crime film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 24m

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 50 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two men become fixated on the same mysterious woman in an English coastal town. Their competing obsessions lead to dangerous consequences.

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What happens

I Want You is a 1998 English crime film directed by Michael Winterbottom and written by Eoin McNamee. It stars Rachel Weisz, Alessandro Nivola, Labina Mitevska, and Luka Petrušić. The film centers on the obsessive infatuation two men have with the same mysterious woman. The film premiered at the 1998 Berlin International Film Festival, where it won a Special Mention Honor for cinematographer Sławomir Idziak. The film's title was inspired by the Elvis Costello song of the same name. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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