The Rapture is a 1991 psychological/religious drama film starring Mimi Rogers, Darwyn Carson, Patrick Bauchau, Marvin Elkins, David Duchovny, and Stephanie Menuez; directed by Michael Tolkin; rated R; 100 minutes long; and produced by New Line Cinema. Michael Tolkin (born 1950) is an American filmmaker and novelist. ... Michael Tolkin (born 1950) is an American filmmaker and novelist. ... Mimi Rogers (born Miriam Spickler, January 27, 1956 in Coral Gables, Florida) is an American movie actress and competitive poker player. ... This article is about the day of the year. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed. ... Mimi Rogers (born Miriam Spickler, January 27, 1956 in Coral Gables, Florida) is an American movie actress and competitive poker player. ... Patrick Bauchau (born December 6, 1938) is a Belgian actor who has starred in many different TV shows and movies, including A View to a Kill, The Pretender, Kindred: The Embraced, and Carnivàle. ... Duchovny as Fox Mulder on The X-Files David William Duchovny (born August 7, 1960 in New York City) is an American television and film actor most famous for playing the character of FBI agent Fox Mulder on The X-Files TV series. ... Michael Tolkin (born 1950) is an American filmmaker and novelist. ... New Line Cinema logo New Line Cinema, founded in 1967, is one of the ten major Hollywood movie studios. ...

Plot summary

The film tells the story of Sharon, a young Los Angeles woman who engages swinging, libidinous lifestyle with her male partner. She comes into contact with various people who hint to her that a true Rapture is imminent. In time, she comes to accept this belief herself and becomes a born-again Christian. She begins a new, pious lifestyle, eventually marrying and having a daughter. When her husband is killed in a senseless murder, however, she begins to question the benevolence of God. At the film's end, The Rapture does indeed arrive, and the saved are taken to Heaven. Still Sharon refuses to renounce her anger at God for his cruelty. Her young daughter begs her to accept God back into her heart so she can join her husband and daughter in Heaven, but Sharon declines, preferring to remain in purgatory-like landscape. Swingers, Peter Fendi Swinging, sometimes referred to in North America as the swinging lifestyle or simply The Lifestyle (although this simplified term is also used by people into Leather and BDSM), includes a wide range of sexual activities conducted between three or more people. ... The Rapture is an event in certain systems of Christian eschatology ( the study of the end times) whereby it is believed that all Christians will be taken from Earth by God into Heaven. ... Born again is a term used originally and mainly in Christianity, where it is associated with salvation, conversion and spiritual rebirth. ... Heaven is an afterlife concept found in many religions or spiritual philosophies. ... The term purgatory is generally defined as the means by which the elect reach perfection before entering into the Kingdom of Heaven. The term purgatory in accordance with Catholic teaching, is a place or condition of temporal punishment for those who, departing this life in Gods grace are not...

External links

• The Rapture at The Internet Movie Database

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