August 2019. Frank recognizes his own story of twenty years ago in a recently published book. He remembers Marie, with whom he had a relationship before she moved to the United States and disappeared from his life. Frank sets out in search of her and finds himself in a USA petrified by a heat wave and lost in suspicion and political paranoia. He heads into the desert in pursuit of Marie.
Rolf Peter Kahl
Frank Patrick
Deborah Kara Unger
Liz Archer
Ava Verne
Nina
Lena Morris
Marie / Marie's Double
Buddy Giovinazzo
Radio Presenter (voice)
Joel Cairo
Richard Neiner
Karim Cherif
Skid (voice)
Lucie Pohl
A Thought of Ecstasy is a romance, mystery, thriller film released in 2018 exploring themes of bondage, eroticism. Directed by Rolf Peter Kahl, it stars Rolf Peter Kahl, Deborah Kara Unger, Ava Verne. August 2019. Frank recognizes his own story of twenty years ago in a recently published book. He remembers Marie, with whom he had a relationship before she moved to the United States and disappeared from his life. Frank sets out in search of her and finds himself in a USA petrified by a heat wave and lost in suspicion and political paranoia. He heads into the desert in pursuit of Marie.
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