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Natasha Richardson (The Comfort of Strangers) is Stella, the beautiful, neglected wife of Max Raphael (Hugh Bonneville), the newly appointed Deputy Superintendent of a maximum-security psychiatric hospital outside of London. Soon after her arrival, Stella develops a curious attraction to Edgar Stark (Marton Csokas), an artist confined for the gruesome murder of his wife in a jealous rage. Secretly observed by the cunning Dr. Peter Cleave (Golden Globe winner Ian McKellen), Stella and Edgar begin a torrid affair. But as passions are ignited, so are suspicions, rage and jealousies, plunging the characters into a thrilling game of cat and mouse that builds to a shocking, fever-pitched conclusion.

Brilliantly acted and fraught with sexual tension, Asylum is a "powerful, haunting and beautifully crafted" story of passion, manipulation and erotic obsession.

Director:

David Mackenzie [2],

Starring:

Maria Aitken [1], Ian McKellen [40], Joss Ackland [24], Natasha Richardson [12], Marton Csokas [14], Hugh Bonneville [13], Judy Parfitt [17], Wanda Ventham [2], Robert Willox [2], Sara Thurston [1], Hazel Douglas [1], Alwyne Taylor [1],

Screen Formats:

Widescreen 2.35:1

Subtitles:

English , Spanish

Language and Sound:

English 5.1 Dolby Digital

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