Holy Smoke

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Runtime: 115 mins

Rated: R

Release Date: 1999

Countries: USA, Australia

Languages: English, Hindi

DIRECTED BY:

Jane Campion

WRITTEN BY:

Anna Campion, Jane Campion

CAST INCLUDES:

Kate Winslet, Harvey Keitel, Julie Hamilton, Sophie Lee

ANGELIKA’S NOTE

A thrilling dramedy by Academy Award winning director Jane Campion (THE PIANO, THE POWER OF THE DOG, BRIGHT STAR) about a young woman who gets indoctrinated into a cult while travelling abroad, and her family’s efforts to bring her home. Starring Kate Winslet (REVOLUTIONARY ROAD, ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND, TITANIC) as Ruth, and Harvey Keitel (RESERVOIR DOGS, BAD LIEUTENANT, PULP FICTION) as the cult de-programmer sent to bring her back, you’re in for a wild ride full of stunning visuals and brilliant direction that Campion is known for. USA Today raves, "Every shot Campion and cinematographer Dion Beebe come up with is a compositional classic."

SYNOPSIS

While on a journey of discovery in India, a young woman - Ruth Barron - falls under the influence of a charismatic religious guru. Her desperate parents then hire P.J. Waters, a macho cult de-programmer to rescue her. But PJ quickly learns that he’s met his match in the sexy, intelligent, and iron-willed Ruth.

Holy Smoke

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Runtime: 115 mins

Rated: R

Release Date: 1999

Countries: USA, Australia

Languages: English, Hindi

DIRECTED BY

Jane Campion

WRITTEN BY

Anna Campion, Jane Campion

CAST INCLUDES

Kate Winslet, Harvey Keitel, Julie Hamilton, Sophie Lee

ANGELIKA’S NOTE
SYNOPSIS

"Every shot Campion and cinematographer Dion Beebe come up with is a compositional classic."

USA Today

"At once hilarious and serious, cruel and tender, and bristling with vitality, Holy Smoke is the right movie for the millennium, envisioning new possibilities in the way people view and relate to one another."

Los Angeles Times

"Winslet is the sort of actress who can rage at the heavens and reach for them at the same time."

Entertainment Weekly