Full Body Massage

Full Body Massage is a 1995 American television film directed by Nicolas Roeg, starring Mimi Rogers and Bryan Brown. An art dealer talks about relationships and philosophy with her masseur.

Plot

Nina, an art dealer, has her weekly massage appointment and is surprised to find out her usual masseur, Douglas, has sent a replacement named Fitch.The pair develop an easy rapport during the session, with talk about past relationships. As Nina lies on the massage table, Fitch also takes time to explain various massage techniques, including those used by Hopi medicine men.

Cast

• Mimi Rogers as Nina
• Bryan Brown as Fitch
• Christopher Burgard as Douglas
• Elizabeth Barondes as Alice
• Gareth Williams as Harry Willis
• Patrick Neil Quinn as Andy
• Heather Gunn as DeeDee
• Gabriella Hall as young Nina (as Laura Saldivar)
• Brian McLane as young Fitch
• William Fuller as Fitch's father
• Lynette Bennett as Fitch's mother
• Rachel Nolin as Fitch's sister
• Michael Edmonds as Hopi medicine man
• Ross McKerras as rancher
• Michael Robert Nyman as rancher 2

Production

Mimi Rogers said Nicolas Roeg waited for her to have her baby so they shot four-and-a-half months after she gave birth. "My body was not what it usually is", she said.

Reception

The film has been ironically called an American version of the French film La Belle Noiseuse (1991), which starred Emmanuelle Béart as an artist's model who spends much of the 240-minute feature nude, discussing relationships with the artist.

References

External links

• Full Body Massage at IMDb

1. Massage
2. Erotic massage
3. Nuru (massage)
4. Yoni massage
5. Mimi Rogers
6. Bryan Brown
7. Beautiful Disaster (film)
8. Carrot Top
9. Massage chair
10. Gabriella Hall
11. Massage parlor
12. Cat massage
13. The Amazing Race 1
14. Nicolas Roeg
15. Anthony B. Richmond
16. Infant massage
17. Body worship
18. List of Showtime original programming
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