by Jonathan Crow
synopsis
Joanne Whalley stars in this slick British thriller about the usual bond between a mentally-scarred psychologist and a traumatized prostitute. Dr. Caroline Henshaw (Whalley) is a sexophobic, anorexic, workaholic shrink who puts her work ahead of her relationship with her long-suffering husband (Neil Dudgeon). When she encounters masseuse and battered wife Sandra Maitland, she comes to believe that the girl's thuggish mate should die...and sets out to do the deed. This film was screened at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.
