He portrays a homosexual doctor living outside London, the divorced father of a little boy, who suspects his ex-wife's new boyfriend of beating his child . ( Joely Richardson plays the ex-wife, and Jason Flemyng the abusive boyfriend . ) " Hollow Reed " opened last year in London and has played elsewhere in Europe.
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Written by playwright Martin Sherman ( " Bent " ), the film incorporates several kinds of social relations into its story about a young, handsome, modern-ballet dancer, Tonio ( Jason Flemyng, who played the homophobic, abusive boyfriend in " Hollow Reed " ), who must confront the limitations AIDS imposes upon his firm, if failing body.
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The film should make stars ( finally ) of Jason Flemyng, who was quite memorable as the gay dancer in " Alive and Kicking " and as an abusive boyfriend in " Hollow Reed, " and of Ritchie, who will have his work cut out in trying to match the crisp, energetic frenzy of this stylish first film.
