Writer/director Michael Cristofer himself adapted the sultry, obsessively sensual tale of Original Sin (2001) from Cornell Woolrich's novel Waltz Into Darkness. Overwhelming obsession leads to a shocking climax, and Luis and Julia are forced to suffer the consequences. In a rage and out for revenge, Luis embarks on a spiraling odyssey into Julia's world, uncovering her troubled past, her tanglings with a former lover, and, most shockingly, her ability to shut out her feelings and follow her most primal instincts for survival. Luis doesn't believe it, but then Julia disappears without a trace - with Luis's money. Downs reveals that Julia might be a murderer and thief. Then Luis is approached by Walter Downs ( Thomas Jane), a private investigator with devastating news about Julia. There are unexplained scars on her back, lingering nightmares in her sleep, and a trunk she refuses to unlatch. She draws him into a realm of emotion and eroticism unlike any he's ever known, and he falls deeply in love.įrom the beginning, however, Julia isn't much like the person she claimed to be in her letters. When Julia arrives in Cuba, however, everything he thought he wanted changes. Luis had wanted to marry without the complications of love - he knows an American bride will be the perfect status symbol and accessory to complement his life, and he meets Julia through correspondence. Using Cornell Woolrich's classic thriller Waltz Into Darkness as inspiration, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer/director Michael Cristofer takes a provocative look at the twisting, turning territory where lust and love lead ordinary people into lives of deception and murder. Pragmatic and wealthy, he already has almost everything he could want. The man: The sexy Antonio Banderas as Luis Vargas, a handsome Cuban businessman. Jolie plays Julia Russell, a woman of such commanding sexual confidence and so many entrancing secrets, men can't help but be driven to distraction. The woman: The beautiful Angelina Jolie in a role that allows her to reveal a new complexity to film audiences.
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