Viewers who have not read the Richard Adams (
Watership Down) novel upon which this film is based are sure to leave THE GIRL IN A SWING baffled. Alan (Rupert Frazer), a reserved, sexually conservative British dealer in antique ceramics, on a business trip to Copenhagen falls for German
secretary Karin (Meg Tilly). He proposes marriage almost immediately, despite the fact that he knows virtually nothing about her. At first she appears indifferent, but finally accepts his proposal. But now the psychological oddities start to show up: he dreams repeatedly of diving underwater to
discover a decomposing female corpse. She has a fear of churches, and an unexplained...
Released:
1989
Rated:
R
Length:
117 mins