Max Carlyle (Wesley Snipes) is the advertisement manager of a company in Los Angeles, where he lives with his beloved wife Mimi Carlyle (Ming-Na Wen) and their two children. While in New York for a business meeting, he visits his best-friend Charlie (Robert Downey Jr.), who is HIV positive. They have not seen each other for five years because of a minor problem. When Max's pen leaks ink in his pocket in the lobby of the hotel after the check-out, he befriends a woman, Karen (Nastassja Kinski), who offers him to go to her room to change the shirt. Max learns that Karen will go to the theater to see a string quartet in the night. Max loses his flight to LA, meets Karen and they go to the theater together. While returning to the hotel, they are robbed and Max defends her. She invites him to stay in her room to wait for his flight on the next morning and they have one night stand. One year later, Max returns to New York with Mimi to visit Charlie, who is terminal, and they meet his brother Vernon (Kyle MacLachlan). He introduces his wife to Max and Mimi and he realizes that she is Karen.
"One Night Stand" is a beautiful film by Mike Figgis. The sensitive beginning is amazing, with the encounter of Max and Karen and the development of their relationship to one night stand. Robert Downey Jr. Steals the show with his outstanding performance of a man with HIV. The gorgeous Nastassja Kinski and Ming-Na Wen, and Kyle MacLachlan complete the charming cast of this realistic movie. Julian Sands that we have recently lost is another great name in a minor role. The impact of this film in the 90's was greater than now. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "Por Uma Noite Apenas" ("One Night Stand")
"One Night Stand" is a beautiful film by Mike Figgis. The sensitive beginning is amazing, with the encounter of Max and Karen and the development of their relationship to one night stand. Robert Downey Jr. Steals the show with his outstanding performance of a man with HIV. The gorgeous Nastassja Kinski and Ming-Na Wen, and Kyle MacLachlan complete the charming cast of this realistic movie. Julian Sands that we have recently lost is another great name in a minor role. The impact of this film in the 90's was greater than now. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "Por Uma Noite Apenas" ("One Night Stand")