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* RightThroughHisPants: When Stephen and Anna have sex for the first time, they are both fully dressed.
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->'''Anna''': Damaged people are dangerous. They know they can survive.
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Martyn dies.]] Stephen is devastated and he subsequently loses his wife, his job, his reputation, and [[spoiler:even his lover who dumps him immediately]].
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* BettyAndVeronica: Stephen Fleming (Archie) is married with Ingrid (Betty), who is a respectable woman with whom he had two children. He falls in love with Anna (Veronica). Anna is the girlfriend of his son, she is much younger than Stephen and she offers him passionate sex intercourses.
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* BettyAndVeronica: Stephen Fleming (Archie) is married with Ingrid (Betty), who is a respectable woman with whom he had two children. He falls in love with Anna (Veronica). Anna is the girlfriend of his son, she is much younger than Stephen and she offers him has passionate sex intercourses.intercourses with him.
* FriendsRentControl: Anna, a young woman who works in an antique shop, lives in a luxuous flat in London. Moreover, she rents another flat where she secretly meets her lover, Stephen.
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* MeetTheInLaws: Martyn presents Anna to his family during a dinner in a restaurant. Anna is grilled by Ingrid and is led to reveal her DarkAndTroubledPast. (Plus, Stephen secretly feels bad because he cannot get close to Anna.)
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* MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: Stephen and Anna make love in a doorway in Paris.
* MeetTheInLaws: Martynpresents brings Anna to his family during a dinner in a restaurant. Anna parents' house to introduce her to them. The meeting is grilled by quite awkward because Martyn's mother Ingrid and is led takes an immediate dislike to reveal her DarkAndTroubledPast. (Plus, Anna (but she does not show it openly). Moreover, Stephen secretly feels bad because he cannot get close and Anna have already (but they do not tell the others about it) met and are attracted to Anna.)each other.
* MeetTheInLaws: Martyn
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** After [[spoiler:Martyn dies]], Ingrid tells Stephen that he only lived for Anna (Stephen was actually passionately in love with her), while she only lived for Martyn, her son. If she was attracted to her son, this might explain why she disliked his girlfriend.
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** After [[spoiler:Martyn dies]], Ingrid tells Stephen that he only lived for Anna (Stephen (actually, Stephen was actually passionately in love with her), while she only lived for Martyn, her son. If she was attracted to her son, this might explain why she disliked his girlfriend.
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** Anna and her brother were very close, so close that he committed suicide when Anna started dating a man. However, it is never revealed if Anna was really romantically involved with her brother.
** After [[spoiler:Martyn dies]], Ingrid tells Stephen that he only lived for Anna (Stephen was actually passionately in love with her), while she only lived for Martyn, her son. If she was attracted to her son, this might explain why she disliked his girlfriend.
** Anna and her brother were very close, so close that he committed suicide when Anna started dating a man. However, it is never revealed if Anna was really romantically involved with her brother.
** After [[spoiler:Martyn dies]], Ingrid tells Stephen that he only lived for Anna (Stephen was actually passionately in love with her), while she only lived for Martyn, her son. If she was attracted to her son, this might explain why she disliked his girlfriend.
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* BedroomAdulteryScene: Martyn walks in on Anna, his fiancée, having sex with his father.
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* BedroomAdulteryScene: Martyn [[spoiler:Martyn walks in on Anna, his fiancée, having sex with his father.]]
* BettyAndVeronica: Stephen Fleming (Archie) is married with Ingrid (Betty), who is a respectable woman with whom he had two children. He falls in love with Anna (Veronica). Anna is the girlfriend of his son, she is much younger than Stephen and she offers him passionate sex intercourses.
* BettyAndVeronica: Stephen Fleming (Archie) is married with Ingrid (Betty), who is a respectable woman with whom he had two children. He falls in love with Anna (Veronica). Anna is the girlfriend of his son, she is much younger than Stephen and she offers him passionate sex intercourses.
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* DestructiveRomance: Because of his love for Anna, Stephen loses his job and his family. He ends up alone in a small flat in Southern France.
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* DeathOfTheHypotenuse: {{Subverted|Trope}}. Anna is the official girlfriend of Martyn and she has a secret relationship with Stephen, but when [[spoiler:Martyn dies in an accident, she dumps Stephen and gets back to Peter, her former lover]].
* DestructiveRomance: Because of his love for Anna, Stephen loses his job and his family.He [[spoiler:He ends up alone in a small flat in Southern France.]]
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Anna's DarkAndTroubledPast (her brother committed suicide because he was jealous of her boyfriend) foreshadows the end of the film: Martyn [[spoiler:Martyn (who looks like Anna's brother) dies because he is under shock when he discovers that Anna has a secret lover.]]
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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Stephen and his wife Ingrid outlive their son Martyn who dies from falling into a stairwell.
* PrimalScene: Martyn walks in on his father making love with his secret lover. To make things worse, the said secret lover is Anna, Martyn's fiancée.
* SelfHarm: Ingrid harms herself when she hears that her son is dead and her husband had an affair with his future daughter-in-law.
* PrimalScene: Martyn walks in on his father making love with his secret lover. To make things worse, the said secret lover is Anna, Martyn's fiancée.
* SelfHarm: Ingrid harms herself when she hears that her son is dead and her husband had an affair with his future daughter-in-law.
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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Stephen [[spoiler:Stephen and his wife Ingrid outlive their son Martyn who dies from falling into a stairwell.
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* PrimalScene:Martyn [[spoiler:Martyn walks in on his father making love with his secret lover. To make things worse, the said secret lover is Anna, Martyn's fiancée.
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* SelfHarm: Ingrid harms herself when she hears thather [[spoiler:her son is dead dead]] and her husband had an affair with his future daughter-in-law.
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* BigFancyHouse: Ingrid's father owns a mansion in the country. Anna is thrilled by this big house when she goes there for the first time.
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* MeetTheInLaws: Martyn presents Anna to his family during a dinner in a restaurant. Anna is grilled by Ingrid and is led to reveal her DarkAndTroubledPast. (Plus, Stephen secretly feels bad because he cannot get close to Anna.)
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* SelfHarm: Ingrid harms herself when she hears that her son is dead and her husband had an affair with his future daughter-in-law.
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* BrotherSisterIncest: Anna and her brother were very close, so close that he committed suicide when Anna started dating a man.
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* TheFilmOfTheBook: The film is an adaptation of a 1991 book of the same title by Josephine Hart.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Anna's DarkAndTroubledPast (her brother committed suicide because he was jealous of her boyfriend) foreshadows the end of the film: Martyn (who looks like Anna's brother) dies because he is under shock when he discovers that Anna has a secret lover.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Anna's DarkAndTroubledPast (her brother committed suicide because he was jealous of her boyfriend) foreshadows the end of the film: Martyn (who looks like Anna's brother) dies because he is under shock when he discovers that Anna has a secret lover.
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* LoveMakesYouCrazy: Stephen's love for Anna makes him act irrationally. For example, during a business trip, he travels at night from Brussels to Paris just to see his lover. In the end, he loses his job and his family because of his love.
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* SympatheticAdulterer: Stephen's unfaithfulness is depicted somewhat sympathetically because he seems to be unable to resist Anna's charms, even if he tries to. Her attraction is just too powerful.
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''Damage'' is a 1992 PsychologicalThriller film directed by Creator/LouisMalle, starring Creator/JeremyIrons, Creator/JulietteBinoche, Creator/Miranda Richardson and Creator/RupertGraves.
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''Damage'' is a 1992 PsychologicalThriller film directed by Creator/LouisMalle, starring Creator/JeremyIrons, Creator/JulietteBinoche, Creator/Miranda Richardson Creator/MirandaRichardson and Creator/RupertGraves.
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* BedroomAdulteryScene: Martyn walks in on Anna, his fiancée, having sex with his father.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: The Flemings soon hear that Anna's brother committed suicide when she started dating a man.
* DrivenToSuicide: When Anna was 15, her brother committed suicide when he discovered she was in a relationship with Peter.
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* LoveAtFirstSight: Stephen and Anna are immediately attracted to each other when they meet each other at a reception.
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''Damage'' is a 1992 PsychologicalThriller film directed by Creator/LouisMalle, starring Creator/JeremyIrons, Creator/JulietteBinoche, Creator/Miranda Richardson and Creator/RupertGraves.
Dr. Stephen Fleming (Irons), a British politician, lives with his wife Ingrid (Richardson) and his daughter. His son Martyn (Graves) works as a journalist. Martyn starts a relationship with Anna Barton (Binoche), the daughter of a diplomat. Stephen meets Anna at a reception. She tells him that she is a friend of Martyn. Stephen and Anna are immediately attracted to each other and they soon start a secret relationship.
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!!''Damage'' provides examples of:
* LikesOlderMen: Anna's mother tells that Martyn is not Anna's type: Anna generally dates older men. Her former lover Peter and her secret lover Stephen are much older than her (Stephen is the father of her official fiancé).
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Dr. Stephen Fleming (Irons), a British politician, lives with his wife Ingrid (Richardson) and his daughter. His son Martyn (Graves) works as a journalist. Martyn starts a relationship with Anna Barton (Binoche), the daughter of a diplomat. Stephen meets Anna at a reception. She tells him that she is a friend of Martyn. Stephen and Anna are immediately attracted to each other and they soon start a secret relationship.
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!!''Damage'' provides examples of:
* LikesOlderMen: Anna's mother tells that Martyn is not Anna's type: Anna generally dates older men. Her former lover Peter and her secret lover Stephen are much older than her (Stephen is the father of her official fiancé).
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