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Stephen is a professor at Oxford University who is caught in a rut and feels trapped by his life in both academia and marriage. One of his students, William, is engaged to the beautiful Anna, and Stephen becomes enamored of the younger woman. These three people become linked together by a horrible car crash, with flashbacks providing details into the lives of each person and their connection to the others in this brooding English drama.
A philosophy don at University College London has a strained relationship with his wife and an affair with a student. When a car accident brings together himself, his wife, his mistress, and another student, the complex web of their lives is exposed, leading to tragic consequences.
Accident was met with critical acclaim, praised for its complex narrative, atmospheric direction, and strong performances. It is often considered a high point in the collaboration between Joseph Losey and Dirk Bogarde.
Praised for its sharp psychological drama and exploration of intellectual and emotional malaise.
Noted for its subtle yet powerful performances, particularly from Dirk Bogarde.
Lauded for Joseph Losey's masterful direction and atmospheric visual style.
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Winner of the Grand Prix special du jury at the 1967 Cannes Film Festival.
The film was shot on location in and around London, with many scenes filmed at University College London, where the protagonist teaches.
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Dirk Bogarde is a philosophy professor at Oxford University - happily married with two children; and another on the way. He has a favourite student - Michael York who is keen on a newcomer; the glamorous Austrian Jacqueline Sassard. They ha...
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