Boxing Helena

Boxing Helena was the 1993 debut feature film by Jennifer Lynch, daughter of David Lynch. The film stars Sherilyn Fenn as the titular Helena and Julian Sands.

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1993 - Feature film - Jennifer Lynch - David Lynch - Sherilyn Fenn - Julian Sands

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Nick Cavanaugh (Sands) is a surgeon who is obsessed with Helena (Fenn). After she is injured in a grievous hit-and-run motor vehicle accident in front of his home, he kidnaps and treats her in his house surreptitiously, which includes amputating both of her legs. Later on, he mutilates her by amputating her arms as well.

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Even though Helena is the victim of Nick's kidnapping and mutilation, she dominates the dialogue of the movie with her constant and emasculating ridicule of him for all of his shortcomings.

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