Passion Fish (1992) on Netflix
After a car accident leaves soap opera actress May-Alice Culhane paralyzed, she moves back to her family's empty Louisiana home. Chantelle becomes the nurse hired to care for her.
- Netflix3.6/5
- IMDb7.3/106,538 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes100%
Plot summary
May-Alice Culhane was an actress on a daytime soap opera. A car accident left her paralyzed, and she lies in a hospital bed, confused and scared because she cannot sit up. She returns to her family's old, empty home in Louisiana. There she drinks and turns her anger on each nurse hired to look after her, and every one of them quits. Chantelle is the nurse who comes next, and May-Alice is told Chantelle is the last she will get.
Cast
- Will Mahoneyas Max
- Nelle Stokesas Therapist #1
- Brett Ardoinas Therapist #2
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Passion Fish (1992)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- John Sayles started thinking about the story while in an X-ray queue recovering from a back injury, watching wheelchair-using women and the nurses who accompanied them, many of whom he found bored with each other and not especially nice.
- John Sayles wrote the part of May-Alice with Mary McDonnell in mind, having previously collaborated with her on Matewan.
