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Can a story about
necrophelia touch
the heart even while
it troubles the
spirit? "Kissed,"
the controvercial
yet highly praised
Canadian film proves
it can be done,
at least when the
subject of the story
is an attractive
young girl who can
express infinite
sensitivity and
respect for the
dead.
Molly Parker has
staked a reputation.as
one of the most
fearless and dark
actresses in modern
cinema.
In her breakthrough
role, she portrayed
Sandra Larson, a
young woman who
learns as a child
that she holds a
special reverence
for the mortal coils
of the deceased.
She creates her
own rituals to say
farewell to the
remains of animals
and eventually to
the bodies of dead
human beings.
She senses the entire
course of a lifetime
in the mortal artifact
of a corpse left
behind. As an embalmer
in a small mortuary,
she satisfies her
her curiosity and
her strange obsession,
to the dismay of
a man who craves
her love.
"Kissed"
is a film about
love and death like
no other.
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