The script is ambitious, profound, and pivots quickly from romantic drama, to comedy and tragedy. Excellent acting plot kept you on edge, wondering! Soon Oscar finds himself enslaved body and soul by her love, and continues to tell Nigel the details of this relationship in various stages over a number of visits to Oscar's cabin. The pacing is slow but wonderfully methodical. She does not get that the man never cared about her as a person and never bothered to learn about her not saying men are not capable of it, just that often they pursue purely physical attractions. Oh checkout Venus in Fur with the very same Emmanuelle Seigner directed by Polanski.
It is a twisted tale of love but is possible. So unlike the character he pretends to be in this movie; he is actually a very good storyteller. Peter Coyote just can't carry this awful movie. British couple Fiona and Nigel Dobson are sailing to Istanbul en route to India. I really like Polanski but why did he think Emmanuelle Seigner and Coyote would have any chemistry is hard to fathom. There is something of the era of Last Tango in Paris to Bitter Moon. During the New year's Eve party, things come to a surprisingly real and personal closure, not in the least for Nigel.
It's about 2 hours and 15 minutes long, yet it never loses its grip. Meanwhile Fiona tires of waiting for Nigel during Oscar's story sessions and spends time with flirtatious Italian Dado. Extreme codependency is strangely boring. Several times as I watched, I cringed at the awkward, embarrassing, painfully engaging relationship of an American bachelor Peter Coyote in his best role - by far , who is an aspiring writer in Paris. Hugh Grant plays a curious, frustrated husband who lives vicariously through the retelling of Coyote's tragic love story. I don't like that but reolize it must have to be done. The plot, theme, characters, and ending were fantastic.
It has to be watched to be understood there are so many undercurrents of anxiety at play. The actors drag you in to this somewhat complicated story taking place on a cruise ship. If you find movie that should not be here please report them. I had to quit near the end , just seemed a waste of time. For another he is mesmerized by the man's wife, who has perfected that trick of looking a man boldly in the eye until, by looking away, he concedes sexual supremacy. It is a bit surreal.
It happens quite often and extremely hard for a woman to understand such a sudden change. British couple Fiona and Nigel Dobson are sailing to Istanbul en route to India. All movie files are the property of their respective owners, please respect their copyrighted creations. Oscar insists to tell his unsettling life story to Nigel, who is too polite to refuse although its gore content, shamelessly explicit details and foul Yankee language rather disgust the well-bred Brit, yet becomes also fascinated. This is methodical, first-rate filmmaking by Polanski. While living in Paris for several years trying to be a writer, he becomes obsessed with a woman he met by chance on a bus. And we're not promised what are in our websites is available at the third parties.
Kristin Scott Thomas is excellent as Grant's spouse, lacking his attention and Emmanuelle Seigner the gorgeous girlfriend of Coyote, who entrances, seduces and then becomes sadistic when love sours. Oscar insists to tell his unsettling life story to Nigel, who is too polite to refuse although its gore content, shamelessly explicit details and foul Yankee language rather disgust the well-bred Brit, yet becomes also fascinated. Later he meets her crippled American husband Oscar, who tells him their story. . This film is best for mature adults. They encounter a beautiful French woman, and that night Nigel meets her while dancing alone in the ship's bar. Too deep for the young.
Bitter Moon 1992 Lunes de fiel A gripping and highly disturbing story superbly acted by the actors and amazingly put together by the film maker. But what really makes this picture delightful is the level of the acting of the male stars. He tracks her down and they start a steamy love affair. Title Bitter Moon Release Date September 2 nd, 1992 Genres Thriller, Drama, Romance Runtime 139 minutes Director Roman Polanski Writers Roman Polanski, Gérard Brach, John Brownjohn, Pascal Bruckner Production Companies Fine Line Features, R. This is a great ,weird movie.
You are waiting to find out what this whole thing is about. Despite being disturbing, it is very realistic - this is a cautionary tale about what can happen when people take a very commonly occurring love story to the extremes. Soon Oscar finds himself enslaved body and soul by her love, and continues to tell Nigel the details of this relationship in various stages over a number of visits to Oscar's cabin. It goes back at times to explain the strange bond the wheelchair bound husband and his beautiful wife have. During the New year's Eve party, things come to a surprisingly real and personal closure, not in the least for Nigel.
Bad writing and bad acting just sink this long winded affair. Nigel Dobson is an English perfect gentleman, married to equally respectable Fiona. An embittered husband, paralyzed and in a wheelchair, buttonholes a complete stranger and begins to tell him the story of his marriage. It is a bit sad. Polanski as far as I'm concerned is a genius.
It reminds me that there are many young people living adventures today without addictions to technology or mass media. On a cruise heading for India, they meet a highly unconventional couple, American unpublished would-be literary celebrity Oscar, in a wheelchair, and his much younger Parisian wife, Mimi. Actually Seigner was bearable as the femme fatale but he's no storyteller that's for sure. Oleh Dunia21 Synopsis British couple Fiona and Nigel Dobson are sailing to Istanbul en route to India. I think Peter is gorgeous and I love his black sense of humor and the intelligent, witty remarks. Well I must return to my painting. On a cruise heading for India, they meet a highly unconventional couple, American unpublished would-be literary celebrity Oscar, in a wheelchair, and his much younger Parisian wife, Mimi.