lust,love crime

Dreaming of Joseph Lees (1999)

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Set in rural England in the 1950s Eva (Samantha Morton) fantasises about her handsome, worldly cousin Joseph Lees (Rupert Graves), with whom she fell in love as a girl. However, stuck in a closed community she becomes the object of someone else's fantasy, Harry (Lee Ross). When Harry learns that Eva is planning to leave the village in order to live with and look after the injured Lees, he devises a gruesome scheme in order to force her to stay and look after him.

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Cast & Crew

Director
Eric Styles
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    Joseph Lees Rupert Graves
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    Eva Samantha Morton
  • Profile picture of Nicholas Woodeson
    Mr. Dian Nicholas Woodeson
  • Profile picture of Lee Ross
    Harry Lee Ross
  • Profile picture of Vernon Dobtcheff
    Italian Doctor Vernon Dobtcheff
  • Profile picture of Margaret John
    Aunt Margaret Margaret John
  • Profile picture of Miriam Margolyes
    Signora Caldoni Miriam Margolyes
  • Profile picture of Holly Aird
    Maria Holly Aird

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Keywords

  • lust
  • love crime