While on a journey of discovery in exotic India, beautiful young Ruth Barron falls under the influence of a charismatic religious guru. Her desperate parents then hire PJ Waters, a macho cult de-programmer who confronts Ruth in a remote desert hideaway. But PJ quickly learns that he's met his match in the sexy, intelligent and iron-willed Ruth.
Acting
Winslet's ferocious vulnerability vs. Keitel's crumbling machismo.
Direction
Campion turns the Australian outback into a surrealist battleground.
Cinematography
Dreamlike desert hallucinations that blur reality and desire.
Director
Jane Campion
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