Damage (1992 film)

Damage
Theatrical release poster
Directed byLouis Malle
Screenplay byDavid Hare
Based onDamage
by Josephine Hart
Produced byLouis Malle
Starring
CinematographyPeter Biziou
Edited byJohn Bloom
Music byZbigniew Preisner
Production
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Distributed by
Release dates
  • 9 December 1992 (1992-12-09) (France)
  • 5 February 1993 (1993-02-05) (United Kingdom)
Running time
111 minutes
Countries
  • United Kingdom
  • France
Languages
  • English
  • French
Box office$31 million[2]

Damage is a 1992 romantic psychological drama film directed and produced by Louis Malle and starring Jeremy Irons, Juliette Binoche, Miranda Richardson, Rupert Graves, and Ian Bannen. Adapted by David Hare from the 1991 novel Damage by Josephine Hart, the film is about a British politician (Irons) who has a sexual relationship with his son's fiancée and becomes increasingly obsessed with her. Richardson was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and won a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance as the aggrieved wife of the film's main character.

  1. ^ "Damage (1992)". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  2. ^ Klady, Leonard (3 January 1994). "Int'l top 100 earn $8 bil". Variety. p. 1.