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Bitter Moon

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Bitter Moon

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Summary

Drama starring Peter Coyote, Emmanuelle Seigner, Hugh Grant and Kristin Scott Thomas. While on board an ocean liner bound for India, British couple Nigel and Fiona encounter the beautiful Mimi and her paralysed husband Oscar. Over the course of the voyage, Oscar tells Nigel the story of his relationship with Mimi - a tale of corrupt passion that threatens to spill over into the life of his listener.

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A star rating of 3 out of 5.

Tom Hutchinson

It's not often that you see a film that needs therapy more than the characters that appear in it. But this slickly told psychological drama from Roman Polanski - set on board a liner - is just such a film, trying to make sexual sadism into a metaphor for human relationships. Innocents Hugh Grant and Kristin Scott Thomas become entangled in the fantasies of paralysed writer Peter Coyote and Emmanuelle Seigner (Polanski's wife). It should have been played as a Buñuel-esque comedy, but it's no laughing matter, and ponderous solemnity finally makes it seem too much like a psychiatric casebook of the kind only Polanski could love.

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7.2/10

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Cast

rolenameOscarPeter CoyoteMimiEmmanuelle SeignerNigel DobsonHugh GrantFiona DobsonKristin Scott ThomasMr SinghVictor BanerjeeAmritaSophie PatelStewardPatrick AlbenqueBeverlyStockard ChanningBridge playerSmilja MihailovitchBridge playerLeo EckmannDadoLuca Vellani

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rolenameDirectorRoman Polanski

Details

Theatrical distributor

Columbia Tri-Star Films (UK)

Released on

1992-10-02

Languages

English | French

Guidance

Contains violence, swearing, sex scenes and nudity.

Available on

video and DVD

Formats

Colour

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