Anazapta
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{{Infobox film
| name = Anazapta
| image = Anazapta dvd cover.jpg
| caption = DVD cover
| alt =
| director = Alberto Sciamma{{cite book |last1=Gerrard |first1=Steven |title=The Modern British Horror Film |date=5 February 2018 |publisher=Rutgers University Press |isbn=978-0-8135-7946-7 |page=165 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dDJaDwAAQBAJ&dq=Anazapta+2002+film&pg=PA165 |access-date=14 July 2021 |language=en}}
| producer = Michael Cowan
| screenplay = Harriet Sand
Alberto Sciamma
| based_on =
| starring = Jason Flemyng
Lena Headey
Christopher Fairbank
Ian McNeice
Jeff Nuttall
| music = Dan Jones
| cinematography = Alastair Meux
| editing = George Akers
| studio = Beyond Films
Enterprise Films
Great British Films
Spice Factory
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2002|7|26|Germany}}
| runtime = 105 min (DVD cut)
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Anazapta is a 2002 British mystery thriller film directed by Alberto Sciamma and starring Jason Flemyng, Lena Headey, Christopher Fairbank, Ian McNeice, Jeff Nuttall.{{cite web |title=Anazapta (2001) |url=https://www.filmaffinity.com/us/film348193.html |website=FilmAffinity |accessdate=29 September 2020 |language=en}}{{cite web|title=ANAZAPTA|url=http://www.thewildeye.co.uk/british/anazapta.htm|website=The Wild Eye|publisher=thewildeye.co.uk|accessdate=10 July 2017}} In the US the film was released as Black Plague.{{cite web |title=Black Plague (2002) |url=https://letterboxd.com/film/black-plague/ |publisher=Letterboxd |accessdate=29 September 2020 |language=en}}{{cite web|url=http://screenrave.com/movies/movie-news/item/130-lena-headey-in-black-plague-aka-anazapta-has-a-new-poster-image/130-lena-headey-in-black-plague-aka-anazapta-has-a-new-poster-image#.VF9TslKKAcg|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109134056/http://screenrave.com/movies/movie-news/item/130-lena-headey-in-black-plague-aka-anazapta-has-a-new-poster-image/130-lena-headey-in-black-plague-aka-anazapta-has-a-new-poster-image#.VF9TslKKAcg|url-status=usurped|archive-date=9 November 2014|title=Lena Headey in Black Plague aka Anazapta Has a New Poster Image |publisher=screenrave.com|accessdate=2014-11-09}}{{cite web|url=http://lalafilm.com/2014/02/26/redbox-review-black-plague-a-k-a-anazapta/|title=Redbox Review: Black Plague, a.k.a. Anazapta |publisher=lalafilm.com|accessdate=2014-11-09|first=Eric|last=Fulcher|date=February 26, 2014}}
Plot
The film is set in England in 1348. While the Hundred Years War rages on between England and France, a detachment of soldiers returns to the estate of the beautiful English noblewoman Lady Matilda (Lena Headey) with news that her husband, Sir Walter de Mellerby (Jon Finch), was captured and remains hostage in France.
Meanwhile, the soldiers led by her husband's nephew Nicholas (Jason Flemyng) have brought with them a prisoner, Jacques de Saint Amant (David La Haye), the son of the one holding her husband. He can be exchanged for Sir Walter and for an additional ransom, which will save her estate from bankruptcy, as they are deeply in debt to the bishop. When Lady Matilda asks the bishop (Ian McNeice) for time to get the ransom, he informs her that he will expect sexual favors from her if the money does not arrive.
After some time, however, the inhabitants of the manor begin to die, one by one, a mysterious and painful death. Lady Matilda starts suspecting that the prisoner, whom she has come to care for, is not the one he claims to be.{{cite web|last1=French|first1=Philip|title=Anazapta|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/News_Story/Critic_Review/Observer_review/0,,1212409,00.html|website=The Guardian|publisher=theguardian.com|accessdate=10 July 2017|date=9 May 2004}}
Cast
- Lena Headey as Lady Matilda Mellerby
- David La Haye as Jacques de Saint Amant
- Jason Flemyng as Nicholas
- Christopher Fairbank as Steward
- Anthony O'Donnell as Randall
- Jeff Nuttall as Priest
- Ralph Riach as Physician
- Hayley Carmichael as Agnes
- Ian McNeice as Bishop
- Jon Finch as Sir Walter de Mellerby
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb title|tt0284851|Anazapta}}
- {{Rottentomatoes|anazapta|Anazapta}}
Category:British mystery thriller films
Category:Films set in the 1340s
Category:2000s English-language films
Category:Films directed by Alberto Sciamma