Synopsis

Steven Grlscz is a charismatic, solitary vampire living in London who survives by seducing women and drinking the blood of those who love him. After a detective begins connecting Steven to a string of deaths, he meets Anne Levels, an engineer whose independence unsettles his carefully controlled routine. As genuine love conflicts with his need to feed, Steven faces the possibility that intimacy may destroy either Anne or himself.

Factoids & Trivia

• The film was released in the United Kingdom on November 27, 1998, and was also circulated under the title "Immortality."

• Producer Carolyn Choa was married to filmmaker Anthony Minghella. After seeing the film's production footage, Minghella cast Jude Law as Dickie Greenleaf in "The Talented Mr. Ripley" the following year.

• Screenwriter Paul Hoffman later published a novel titled "The Wisdom of Crocodiles" in 2000. The book was loosely based on the film and expanded its ideas into a much larger story.

• The film treats vampirism as a physical and emotional condition rather than relying on traditional gothic mythology. Steven can move in daylight, handle religious objects, and is never explicitly identified as a vampire in dialogue.

• Steven's survival depends on drinking the blood of women who genuinely love him. This unusual rule turns the familiar vampire seduction story into a study of dependence, manipulation, and the destructive demands of intimacy.

• The title refers to the traditional image of crocodile tears, linking false emotion with the act of consuming a victim. The film also contrasts human reasoning with more primitive, survival-driven instincts.

• Rather than following a conventional horror structure, the film combines romantic drama, police investigation, psychological thriller, and vampire fiction. Its restrained, art-house approach was frequently noted as a deliberate departure from mainstream vampire movies.