''The Principles of Lust'' is a 2003 British drama film directed by Penny Woolcock based on the (unpublished) novel 'The Zero-Sum Game' by Tim Cooke.

Cast

Alec Newman Alec Newman (born 27 November 1974) is a Scottish actor best known for portraying Paul Atreides in the Sci Fi Channel's 2000 miniseries adaptation of Frank Herbert's ''Dune''. Early life Newman was born in Glasgow, Scotland. His father is San ...

as Paul * Marc Warren as Billy * Sienna Guillory as Juliette * Julian Barratt as Phillip * Daniela Ruah as unnamed orgy character

Plot

Paul (

) is a struggling writer and is driving his car to a meeting at an art gallery when he is involved in a collision with another vehicle. The other driver accuses Paul of being at fault, but when he shouts back, the other driver apologises and tells him his own car is not insured, and then persuades him to go for a drink in a local pub, introducing himself as Billy ( Marc Warren). Billy is accompanied by a young woman named Hole (

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) who is a striptease performer at the pub. When Hole has finished her performance, Billy takes Paul into a back room of the pub and introduces him to his group of mates who live a life of drugs, sex, and violence. The film then follows Paul as his life veers between a relationship with Juliette ( Sienna Guillory) and her son, and the debauched excesses of wild nights out with Billy and Hole and their mates.

Release

''The Principles of Lust'' premiered 29 January 2003 at the

International Film Festival Rotterdam The International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) is an annual film festival held at the end of January in various locations in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Since its foundation in 1972, it has maintained a focus on independent and experimental fi ...

. It was released on DVD 26 July 2004.

References

External links

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screendaily.com - The Principles of Lust review
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