Bad Timing1980

Director
Nicolas Roeg

Acters

Art Garfunkel (Alex Linden)
Theresa Russell (Milena Flaherty)
Harvey Keitel (Inspector Netusil)
Denholm Elliott (Stefan Vognic)
Daniel Massey (Foppish Man)
Dana Gillespie (Amy Miller)

A psychiatrist, living in Vienna, enters a torrid relationship with a married woman. When she ends up in the hospital from an overdose, an inspector becomes set on discovering the demise of their affair.
An all-star cast heads this drama about love, possession and obsession. Alex is an American psychoanalyst and lecturer in Vienna. He meets and falls in love with Milena, a young and beautiful American, and the two embark on a passionate affair. She, however, does not wish to be confined to one man, and as she becomes increasingly unfaithful, Alex becomes more and more possessive. The film is told in flashback as Alex sits in a hospital where Milena is being treated for a drug overdose. He recounts the events to the investigating officer, who must decide whether her condition is attempted suicide or something more sinister.
“One of Roeg’s most complex and elusive movies, building a thousand-piece jigsaw from its apparently simple story of a consuming passion between two Americans in Vienna.” – Time Out
“Theresa Russell is only 22 or 23, and yet her performance is astonishingly powerful.” – rogerebert.com
“Roeg retains his knack for getting amazing work from singers you’d think couldn’t act, but also draws a career-best performance from Russell as the maddening Milena.” – Empire