The movie was directed by Guy Ritchie, whoās both the Material Momās husband [at the time of report] and the rough-and-tumble British filmmaker behind the nearly incomprehensible yet well-received import hits āSnatchā and āLock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.ā The film stars Madonna as a snobby socialite who is shown the error of her ways by a handsome stranger (newcomer Adriano Giannini) when the pair are marooned together on a small island. Itās the second time Madonnaās worked with her current husband (Ritchie helmed the controversial video for āWhat It Feels Like for a Girlā) and the second time sheās made a film with a spouse. āShanghai Surprise,ā the 1986 movie in which she co-starred with then-husband Sean Penn, like most of Madonnaās ventures into Hollywood, was a critical and commercial failure, though she did win accolades 10 years later for her starring role in āEvita.ā At one point titled āLove, Sex, Drugs and Death,ā āSwept Awayā was ...