Passion

Passion, known in some releases as Passion: The Story of Percy Grainger, is a 1999 Australian drama film about some episodes in the life of the pianist and composer Percy Grainger. It stars Richard Roxburgh as Grainger. Plot Passion concentrates on Grainger's unusual relationship with his mother and his sexual interests (especially his obsessive self-flagellation, though homosexuality is also hinted at), which affect his relationship with a woman who comes to love him. It is set mainly in London in 1914, when Grainger's mother Rose was ill (she later jumped to her death in New York, following ill-founded rumours of incest with her son). Cast Richard Roxburgh as Percy Grainger Barbara Hershey as Rose Grainger Bille Brown as John Grainger Emily Woof as Karen Holten Claudia Karvan as Alfhild de Luce Simon Burke as Hermann Sandby Linda Cropper as Lilith Lowery Julia Blake as Queen Alexandra Roy Billing as John Perring Jr Genevieve Mooy as Ada Crossley Peter Whitford as Tour Manager