The Passion of Darkly Noon

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The Passion of Darkly Noon
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Directed by	Philip Ridley
Produced by	Dominic Anciano
Written by	Philip Ridley
Starring	Brendan Fraser Ashley Judd Viggo Mortensen
Music by	Nick Bicât
Cinematography	John de Borman
Editing by	Les Healey
Distributed by	Seville Pictures
Release date(s)	May 19 1995
Running time	100 min.
Country	United Kingdom Germany Belgium
Language	English
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The Passion of Darkly Noon is a 1995 film written and directed by Philip Ridley, starring Brendan Fraser in the title role, and co-starring Ashley Judd and Viggo Mortensen.

[edit] Plot

Darkly Noon (Fraser) is a young man who has spent his entire life to date as a member of an ultraconservative Christian cult. After a violent altercation that results in the dissolution of the cult and the death of Darkly's parents, a disoriented Darkly wanders into a forest in an unnamed locale and is rescued from exhaustion by a coffin transporter named Jude (Loren Dean) and his friend Callie (Ashley Judd).

Callie nurses Darkly back to health, but Darkly is frustrated by the conflict between his religious past and his attraction to his new companion. Darkly's frustration intensifies when Clay (Viggo Mortensen), Callie's mute boyfriend, who builds the coffins Jude sells, returns home after being away for a few days.

When Darkly encounters a [mysterious] woman named Roxy (Grace Zabriskie), his internal conflicts grow even stronger. Roxy despises the relationship between Clay, who is her son, and Callie, and tells Darkly that Callie is a witch bent on destroying Roxy's family.

Finally, in the film's climax, Darkly's rage boils over. Having wrapped himself in barbed wire and armed with one of Clay's coffin-making tools, he bursts into Callie and Clay's house, intent on murdering the couple, whom he discovers in the act of committing a sin of the flesh. After a scene of horrific destruction, Darkly is finally tamed by Callie's confession that she loves him. Unfortunately for Darkly, Jude arrives, rifle in hand, to rescue Callie and Clay. Jude shoots Darkly, who laments, "Who will love me now?" as he lays dying.