Sunday, September 26, 2010

Bitter Moon (1992)

Director: Roman Polanski
Writer: Gerard Brach, John Brownjohn, Roman Polanski
Language: English, French


The film is set in a Mediterranean cruise ship to Istanbul where a couple Nigel (Hugh Grant) and Fiona (Kristin Scott Thomas) meet a wheel chaired writer Oscar (Peter Coyote) and his sexy wife Mimi (Emanuelle Seigner). Story unfolds as Oscar narrates his past regarding how he met Mimi in a bus, fell in love by giving her a helping hand and how their relationship progressed to horrible ways. As the film progresses the complexities of the relationships between the two couples come to the fore ending tragically. I thought the ending was a bit of a cop-out but otherwise the film is really engrossing. I suspect on second viewing the film won't be as good.


Rating: 3.5/5 

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