![]() The ruse fools Mickey, who leaves for the hospital. Violet calls their landline from Johnnie's cell phone and convinces Caesar to feign a conversation with Gino explaining that he and Johnnie are in the hospital after a car accident. When Mickey arrives at the apartment, Caesar makes a deal with Violet to help him stall. Unable to find the money at Johnnie's apartment, Caesar telephones Mickey, a mob buddy, telling him that Gino has yet to arrive.Īfter discovering Corky and Violet stole the money, Caesar ties them up, threatens to torture them, and demands to know where it is. Caesar tells Violet that they must find the money, dispose of the bodies, and pretend Gino and Johnnie never arrived lest their mob pals discover their absence. He kills Gino, Johnnie and Roy, Gino's bodyguard. After Johnnie flirts with Violet and taunts him, Caesar pulls out a gun and tells Gino that his son stole the money. Corky waits next-door with the money while Gino and Johnnie arrive. Panicking, Violet threatens to leave, but Caesar forces her to stay, suspecting she and Johnnie may have stolen the money and framed him. When Caesar finds the money gone, he realizes Gino will think he stole it if he runs and decides to retrieve the money from Johnnie. Corky and Violet think Caesar will be forced to flee because Gino will assume he has been robbed by Caesar, not Johnnie. Suspicious, Caesar will check the briefcase, find the money gone, and assume Johnnie has taken it. Violet will then return with the scotch and tell Caesar that she just saw Johnnie leave. As she leaves the apartment, Corky will enter, steal the money from a briefcase, and leave. While he does, Violet will purposely drop a bottle of Glenlivet scotch that Gino prefers and tell Caesar that she is going to buy more. Corky devises a plan: when Caesar has finished counting the money, he will shower to unwind. Violet explains to Corky that Caesar and Johnnie hate each other, and that Gino and Johnnie will be coming to pick up the money from Caesar. Angry at Johnnie for killing Shelly and splattering blood everywhere, Caesar washes, irons and hangs the money to dry. After Johnnie, the son of the Mafia boss Gino Marzzone, kills Shelly, Caesar returns to the apartment with a bag of bloody money. Knowing that Caesar will bring the nearly $2 million that Shelly embezzled back to the apartment, the two women hatch a scheme to steal the money. Upset, Violet confides to Corky that she wants to make a new life for herself, but that she needs her help. Later, Violet overhears Caesar and his mob associates torturing Shelly, a man who has been skimming money from the business. The next morning, Violet tells Corky that Caesar is a money launderer for the Mafia and they have been together for five years. ![]() When she leaves for the day, Violet follows her to her truck, and they have sex in Corky's apartment. They are interrupted by Caesar and Corky returns to work. While Caesar is gone, Violet seduces Corky. She encounters Violet and Caesar, the couple who live next door to the apartment she is renovating. Plot Ĭorky, a lesbian ex-con, is hired as a painter and plumber at an apartment building. Bound is often cited as one of the best lesbian movies. ![]() Detractors of the film found its plot superficial and criticized the violence as excessive. To choreograph the sex scenes, the directors employed sex educator Susie Bright as an ad hoc intimacy coordinator, and she also made a cameo appearance in the film.īound received positive reviews from film critics who praised the humor and style of the directors as well as the realistic portrayal of a lesbian relationship in a mainstream film. The directors initially struggled to cast the lesbian characters of Violet and Corky before securing Tilly and Gershon. Financed by Dino De Laurentiis, the film was made on a tight budget with the help of frugal crew members including cinematographer Bill Pope. Violet ( Jennifer Tilly), who longs to escape her relationship with her mafioso boyfriend Caesar ( Joe Pantoliano), enters into a clandestine affair with alluring ex-con Corky ( Gina Gershon), and the two women hatch a scheme to steal $2 million of Mafia money.īound was the first film directed by the Wachowskis, and they took inspiration from Billy Wilder to tell a noir story filled with sex and violence. Bound is a 1996 American neo-noir crime thriller film written and directed by the Wachowskis in their feature film directorial debut.
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