Original Sin
Director: Michael Cristofer
Genre: Thriller, Romance Film, Mystery, Drama
Year: 2001
Country: United States of America, France
Language: English Language, Latin Language, German Language, Spanish Language, Japanese Language
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Antonio Banderas, Thomas Jane, Jack Thompson, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Gregory Itzin, James Haven, Allison Mackie, Joan Pringle, Cordelia Richards, Thomas Jane, Thomas Jane, Lisa Owen, Mario Iván Martínez, Shaula Vega, Fernando Torre Laphan, Harry Porter, Angelina Jolie
Original Sin is a 2001 movie starring Angelina Jolie and Antonio Banderas. It is based on the novel Waltz into Darkness by Cornell Woolrich, and is a remake of the 1969 Francois Truffaut film Mississippi Mermaid. Jolie was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award in 2001 for Worst Actress for her work in Original Sin and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.
Original Sin is set in the late 19th century Cuba during the Spanish rule, and flashes back and forth a few times 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.
Luis Vargas (Antonio Banderas), a wealthy Hispanic-Cuban businessman, sends for American Julia Russell (Angelina Jolie) to sail to his country to be his bride. Julia departs from the ship, looking nothing like the photos she's sent prior to her voyage. Julia explains she wants more than a man who is interested in a pretty face, and that's why she's been deceptive - substituting a plain-looking woman in place of her own picture. Luis also admits to deception; he's been misleading her into believing he's a poor working man, instead of the rich owner of a coffee company.
Luis and Julia wed within hours
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