"Director: Philippe Rousselot"

• The Serpent's Kiss | DVD | (04/05/2009) from £12.49   |  Saving you £-4.50 (N/A%)   |  RRP £7.99

  On a secluded country estate artist Meneer Chrome (Ewan McGregor) has come to create a masterpiece. Hired by wealthy patron Thomas Smithers (Pete Postlethwaite) he plans to create an extravagant garden carved out of the wilderness. But Chrome's true aim is to bankrupt Smithers and allow evil Fitzmaurice (Richard E. Grant) control over his beautiful wife Juliana (Greta Scacchi)... before Smithers discovers Chrome's true purpose. But what Chrome didn't count on is his passion for their beautiful mysterious daughter. Now one man's passion and another's obsession are about to collide... with the force of nature!

• The Serpent's Kiss | DVD | (29/01/2001) from £15.58   |  Saving you £-11.59 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  The Serpent's Kiss will probably be well received by fans of Peter Greenaway's arch and ornate films (The Draughtsman's Contract, Drowning By Numbers for example). In this movie, a young Dutch landscape artist named Chrome (Ewan MacGregor) is hired by homely but rich landowner Smithers (Pete Postlethwaite) to turn his overgrown estate into a masterpiece of topiary and hedge-mazes. But unbeknown to Smithers, Chrome is fulfilling the will of Smithers' ardent enemy (Richard E Grant), who hopes to bankrupt the wealthy man and seduce his beautiful wife (Greta Scacchi). When Chrome falls under the spell of Smithers' enigmatic daughter, all plans go awry. The strong cast wallows entertainingly in this mix of jealousy, decadence, intriguing visuals, Machiavellian schemes, and heaving bosoms, with Grant performing with his usual lurid gusto. The sumptuous Restoration-era costumes enhance this meditation on art versus nature. --Bret Fetzer, Amazon.com