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Original Sin

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Original Sin
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R,1hr 52min
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Released:
August 3, 2001
Distributor:
MGM
Synopsis: A lonely man's search for companionship soon takes him to dangerous and unexpected places in this erotically charged drama. Luis Antonio Vargas (Antonio Banderas) is a successful coffee salesman living in Cuba in the 1880s. Luis has had little luck finding love among the women of his native island, and he sends away to America for a mail-order bride. To his pleasant surprise, his fiancée from the United States, Julia Russell (Angelina Jolie), turns out to be not only beautiful but passionate and ... Full Synopsis
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The movie is not intended to be subtle. It is sweaty, candle-lit melodrama, joyously trashy, and its photography wallows in sumptuous decadence. Full Review
Metascore
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33
Generally Unfavorable Reviews
out of 100
Featured Cast
Luis Antonio Vargas
Julia Russell
Walter Downs
Alan Jordan
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Angelina Jolie, left, and Antonio Banderas in "Original Sin"
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