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Boxing Helena is a 1993 American Avant-garde thriller film directed by Jennifer Lynch and starring Sherilyn Fenn, Julian Sands, and Bill Paxton. [5] [6] Before its release, the film's production was hampered by legal battles with Madonna and Kim Basinger, who both backed out of playing Helena.
Doctor Nicholas "Nick" Cavanaugh is a successful surgeon, who lives with his colleague Anne Garret. She intends to get married with him, but Nick is obsessed by the tramp Helena, with whom he had some kind of shallow relationship in the past.
Boxing Helena: Directed by Jennifer Lynch. With Julian Sands, Sherilyn Fenn, Bill Paxton, Kurtwood Smith. A surgeon becomes obsessed with the seductive woman he once was in an affair with. Refusing to accept that she has moved on, he amputates her limbs and holds her captive in his mansion.
Boxing Helena. A rich surgeon (Julian Sands) operates on the object of his obsession, his grotesquely disfigured aloof neighbor (Sherilyn Fenn). A disturbing concept marred by graceless...
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Boxing Helena is a psychological thriller directed by Jennifer Lynch. The film centers on a surgeon, Dr. Nick Cavanaugh, who becomes obsessively infatuated with Helena, a woman he once briefly dated. After an accident, he takes extreme measures to keep her in his life, leading to disturbing consequences. The film stars Julian Sands and Sherilyn Fenn, delving into themes of obsession and control.
Jan 4, 2022 · A surgeon becomes obsessed with the seductive woman he once was in an affair with. Refusing to accept that she has moved on, he amputates her limbs and holds...
Sep 3, 1993 · Presented instead as a macabre modern fairy tale, and staged in unexpectedly discreet style (under the circumstances), her "Boxing Helena" is at least as hypnotically peculiar as it is perverse...
