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Overview

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6.9/10   954 votes
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Director:
Richard Spence
Writer:
Tony Marchant (writer)
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Release Date:
12 September 1997 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Plot:
Karl Foyle (Steven Mackintosh) and Paul Prentice (Ropert Graves) were best mates at school in the Seventies... more | add synopsis
Awards:
3 wins & 2 nominations more
User Comments:
A film about bravery, crossing borders, love, and struggling with sensory perception more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Steven Mackintosh ... Karl / Kim Foyle
Rupert Graves ... Paul Prentice

Miriam Margolyes ... Pamela

Saskia Reeves ... Jean
Charlotte Coleman ... Alison
Neil Dudgeon ... Neil Payne
Nisha Nayar ... Angela (as Nisha K. Nayar)
Lia Williams ... Defence Solicitor
Ian Dury ... Recovery Agent

Robert Pugh ... DS Cole
Philip Davis ... Taxi Driver

Rick Warden ... PC Ken

Kevin Allen ... PC Alan
Gerard Horan ... Sergeant Harry
Edward Tudor-Pole ... Prosecuting Solicitor
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Crossing the Border
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MPAA:
Rated R for nudity, brief graphic sexuality and strong language.
Runtime:
97 min | USA:92 min
Country:
UK | France
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.75 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Paul Prentice: [while making love to "Kim"] It fits! It bloody fits! more

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9 out of 11 people found the following comment useful:-
A film about bravery, crossing borders, love, and struggling with sensory perception, 21 September 1999
9/10
Author: Swier Oosterhuis (swier@oudshoorn.demon.nl) from Leiden, Netherlands

This film hit me like a lightning bolt. It brought tears to my face and almost restored my faith in the human race. It tries to tell us that even the unthinkable can be done if we accept the combined power of feelings and imagination. We see people struggle with age old morals, their youth and upbringing. We can almost taste the bitter loneliness of the adapted transsexual as we can actually feel the pain of the struggling rebel that (almost) cannot accept the discrepancies between memory and perception, between love, lust and friendship, between what's done and not done. The actors make it all believable and enjoyable. They live the parts that show true bravery in crossing holy borders.

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