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Boxing Helena (1993)

Director: Jennifer Chambers Lynch

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From Time Out Film Guide

Fenn is the free-spirited Helena, unfortunate object of surgeon Sands' sexual obsession. His courtship only invites scorn - but, when Helena is hit by a car outside his family mansion, the doc sees a chance to cut her down to size. Lynch in her first stab at directing tries for the black-comic, blue velvet knife-edge between surrealism and perversity, but the results - neither graphic, nor gruesome - are simply incongruous. Grotesquely misconceived.

Author: TCh 0000-00-00 00:00:00

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Director: Jennifer Chambers Lynch

Producer: Philippe Caland, Carl Mazzocone

Cast: Julian Sands, Sherilyn Fenn, Art Garfunkel, Bill Paxton, Kurtwood Smith full cast

Duration: 105 mins

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