As the relationship deepens, Natalie tries to pull away to save her marriage, while Richard becomes increasingly unhinged and addicted to their connection.
: As Richard becomes obsessively addicted to his sister, Natalie attempts to end the tryst to save her marriage. The tension peaks as Sinclair begins to suspect the truth, leading to an emotional breakdown for the characters. Key Cast & Production Close My Eyes (1991) - BFI Screenonline fylm Close My Eyes 1991 mtrjm awn layn - fydyw lfth
as Richard Gillespie (in a career-making early role) Saskia Reeves as Natalie Alan Rickman as Sinclair Bryant (Natalie's husband) Release Date: November 22, 1991 Duration: 107 minutes As the relationship deepens, Natalie tries to pull
Poliakoff set the story against the backdrop of 1980s London’s financial excess. The characters live in beautiful, sterile spaces — modernist apartments, glass-walled offices, empty museums. This emptiness mirrors their internal isolation. Richard and Natalie seek each other not out of pure passion, but out of a desperate need to feel something real in a world of surface-level success. Key Cast & Production Close My Eyes (1991)
The film is set in the late 1980s/early 1990s in London — a time of economic boom (“Big Bang” deregulation), Thatcherism, and spreading AIDS anxiety.