Bitter Moon

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Bitter Moon


Category: Drama
All Genres: Drama
Release Year: 1992
Country: UK, France
Runtime: 139
Rating: 6.6 (0)
Languages: English, French
Director: Roman Polanski
Sound: Dolby
Taglines:

  • You will never forget
  • Remember...
  • Ordinary men. Extraordinary heroes.


    • Writing by: Gérard Brach - screenplay (as Gerard Brach)
    John Brownjohn - screenplay
    Pascal Bruckner - novel "Lunes de Fiel"
    Jeff Gross - script collaboration
    Roman Polanski - screenplay

    Produced by: Robert Benmussa - executive producer
    Roman Polanski - producer
    Alain Sarde - co-producer
    Timothy Burrill - co-producer (uncredited)

    Cast: Hugh Grant - Nigel
    Kristin Scott Thomas - Fiona
    Emmanuelle Seigner - Mimi
    Peter Coyote - Oscar
    Victor Banerjee - Mr. Singh
    Sophie Patel - Amrita Singh
    Patrick Albenque - Steward
    Smilja Mihailovitch - Bridge Player
    Leo Eckmann - Bridge Player
    Luca Vellani - Dado
    Richard Dieux - Partygoer

    Music: Vangelis
    Official Website: Visit Website


    Plot Outline: British couple Fiona and Nigel Dobson are sailing to Istanbul en route to India. They encounter a beautiful French woman...
    Plot: British couple Fiona and Nigel Dobson are sailing to Istanbul en route to India. They encounter a beautiful French woman, and that night Nigel meets her while dancing alone in the ships bar. Later he meets her crippled American husband Oscar, who tells him their story. 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. He tracks her down and they start a steamy love affair. 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 Oscars cabin.

    Crazy Credits: We know about 1 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
    The film was dedicated "In loving memory of Irene Columbus."

    Goofs: We know about 2 goofs. Here comes one of them:
    Continuity: In the scene when Mimi cuts her hair for the first time and bakes a Turkey for Oscar, he is wearing the same turtle necked blue sweater that was ripped off with a razor blade during a previous sex game.

    Trivia: There are 3 entries in the trivia list - like these:

    • James Woods was cast in the Peter Coyote part but dropped out.
    • The movie is based upon Pascal Bruckners 1981 novel "Lune de fiel" - a pun on "Lune de miel", the French word for "honeymoon". "Lune de fiel" literally means "poison moon".
    • Large selections of Peter Coyotes wardrobe were supplied by Parisian luxury clothing company Cerruti 1881.



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