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Original Sin is a american film of genre Drama directed by Michael Cristofer released in USA on 3 august 2001 with Antonio Banderas
Original Sin (2001)
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Add to a movie listOriginal Sin is a 2001 erotic thriller film starring Antonio Banderas and Angelina Jolie. It is based on the novel Waltz into Darkness by Cornell Woolrich, and is a remake of the 1969 François Truffaut film Mississippi Mermaid.
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Original Sin is set in the late 19th century Cuba during the Spanish rule, and flashes back and forth from the scene of a woman awaiting her execution by garrote while telling her story to a priest, to the actual events of that story.Actors
Antonio Banderas
(Luis Antonio Vargas)
Angelina Jolie
(Julia Russell / Bonnie Castle)
Thomas Jane
(Walter Downs / Billy / Mephisto)
Pedro Armendáriz (fils)
(Jorge Cortés)
Joan Pringle
(Sara)
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