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Bitter Moon

  • 19921992
  • RR
  • 2h 19m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
39K
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POPULARITY
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Bitter Moon (1992)
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After hearing stories of her, a passenger on a cruise ship develops an irresistible infatuation with an eccentric paraplegic's wife.After hearing stories of her, a passenger on a cruise ship develops an irresistible infatuation with an eccentric paraplegic's wife.After hearing stories of her, a passenger on a cruise ship develops an irresistible infatuation with an eccentric paraplegic's wife.

IMDb RATING
7.2/10
39K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
2,752
841
  • Director
    • Roman Polanski
  • Writers
    • Pascal Bruckner(novel "Lunes de Fiel")
    • Roman Polanski(screenplay)
    • Gérard Brach(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Hugh Grant
    • Kristin Scott Thomas
    • Emmanuelle Seigner
Top credits
  • Director
    • Roman Polanski
  • Writers
    • Pascal Bruckner(novel "Lunes de Fiel")
    • Roman Polanski(screenplay)
    • Gérard Brach(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Hugh Grant
    • Kristin Scott Thomas
    • Emmanuelle Seigner
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 128User reviews
    • 72Critic reviews
    • 62Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 2 nominations

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    Trailer 1:49
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    Emmanuelle Seigner in Bitter Moon (1992)
    Hugh Grant in Bitter Moon (1992)
    Kristin Scott Thomas and Hugh Grant in Bitter Moon (1992)
    Peter Coyote and Emmanuelle Seigner in Bitter Moon (1992)
    Hugh Grant in Bitter Moon (1992)
    Kristin Scott Thomas and Emmanuelle Seigner in Bitter Moon (1992)
    Peter Coyote and Emmanuelle Seigner in Bitter Moon (1992)
    Bitter Moon (1992)
    Bitter Moon (1992)
    Kristin Scott Thomas, Hugh Grant, Peter Coyote, and Emmanuelle Seigner in Bitter Moon (1992)
    Kristin Scott Thomas, Hugh Grant, Peter Coyote, and Emmanuelle Seigner in Bitter Moon (1992)
    Peter Coyote and Emmanuelle Seigner in Bitter Moon (1992)

    Top cast

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    Hugh Grant
    Hugh Grant
    • Nigelas Nigel
    Kristin Scott Thomas
    Kristin Scott Thomas
    • Fionaas Fiona
    Emmanuelle Seigner
    Emmanuelle Seigner
    • Mimias Mimi
    Peter Coyote
    Peter Coyote
    • Oscaras Oscar
    Victor Banerjee
    Victor Banerjee
    • Mr. Singhas Mr. Singh
    Sophie Patel
    • Amrita Singhas Amrita Singh
    Patrick Albenque
    Patrick Albenque
    • Stewardas Steward
    Smilja Mihailovitch
    • Bridge Playeras Bridge Player
    Leo Eckmann
    • Bridge Playeras Bridge Player
    Luca Vellani
    • Dadoas Dado
    Richard Dieux
    • Partygoeras Partygoer
    Danny Wuyts
    • Bandleaderas Bandleader
    • (as Danny Garcy)
    Daniel Dhubert
    • Bus Inspectoras Bus Inspector
    Nathalie Galán
    • Girl in Boutiqueas Girl in Boutique
    • (as Nathalie Galan)
    Eric Gonzales
    • Cookas Cook
    Jim Adhi Limas
    Jim Adhi Limas
    • Thai Maître D'as Thai Maître D'
    • (as Jim-Adhi Limas)
    Boris Bergman
    • Oscar's Friendas Oscar's Friend
    Olivia Brunaux
    • Cindyas Cindy
    • Director
      • Roman Polanski
    • Writers
      • Pascal Bruckner(novel "Lunes de Fiel")
      • Roman Polanski(screenplay)
      • Gérard Brach(screenplay)
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    Storyline

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    British couple Fiona (Dame Kristin Scott Thomas) and Nigel (Hugh Grant) 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 ship's bar. Later, he meets her crippled American husband Oscar (Peter Coyote), 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 several visits to Oscar's cabin. —Sami Al-Taher <staher2000@yahoo.com>
    • infidelity
    • psycho thriller
    • extramarital affair
    • female nudity
    • sex game
    • 253 more
    • Plot summary
    • Plot synopsis
    • Taglines
      • Haß kann nur gedeihen, wo Liebe ist... [Hatred can only develop when there is love...]
    • Genres
      • Drama
      • Romance
      • Thriller
    • Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
      • Rated R for the strong depiction of a perverse sexual relationship
    • Parents guide

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      James Woods was cast in the role of Oscar, but dropped out.
    • Goofs
      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.
    • Quotes

      Oscar: What happened to your dance classes?

      Mimi: Dancing has to come from the heart.

      Oscar: So?

      Mimi: My heart is broken.

    • Alternate versions
      The version submitted to the India's CBFC made cuts to remove about 3 minutes of footage to achieve an 'ADULT' rating (Cert No.: 2729).
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult/Monkey Trouble/The Paper/Bitter Moon/Savage Nights (1994)
    • Soundtracks
      Fever
      Written by Otis Blackwell (as John Davenport) and Eddie Cooley

      Performed by Peggy Lee

      Courtesy of MCA Caravelle Music France

      EMI France

    User reviews128

    Review
    Top review
    8/10
    Deep and subject of analysis
    I found this film extremely well done for several reasons I will nominate.

    It debates some moral issues, how far is it acceptable for a society still full of consevative people, such as the one performed by Hugh Grant, to acept a relationship such as that of the main characters? It is totally at the border of normality (meaning normality not necessarily what's good but what's common). The film also touches strongly the theme of hipocrisie (probably wrong spelled, this word.) once more in the character of Hugh Grant who, despite showing all the time disgut and repugnace for the story he is being told, is always secretly desiring and wanting something equivalent to happen to him (this hipocratic attitude may be the result of growing up in a world and a society where this kind of sexual liberties and practices are repressed and in here once more we are taken to atrong moral issues which take us to rethink the whole thing...).

    Apart from this questions this film makes me also think about the relationships between men and women... Is there an everlasting love? or at least an everlasting relationship?... Suddendly I recalled Schopenhauer who claimed that no man could be happy with only one woman... maybe this film is showing that he was right... the pace of the relationship between Mimi and the writer was so high that they just emptied all there possibilities very soon, but if we put that at the scale of a normal marriage, aren't all the possibilities also tried at the end of 10 20 or 30 years? Can a marriage last happy for both till "death tears them apart" ?...

    Besides this few topics of discussion (to which I could add some more if I just remembered them right now) I found this film very well directed with some beautiful scenes... also some strongs scenes that stay with us... Excelent performances for the three leading roles... Kristin Scott Thomas is also good in here but not so as in other films also because her somewhat small part in this one didn't allow her to show more than she did. This film proves once more Roman Polansky as one of the greatest directors of our times, since he shows he is totally in control of every detail of direction (I enjoyed the increase of the speed together with the increase of intensity of the relationship among the couple). Good dialogues but specially excelent speeches of the writer whenever he becomes the narrator which is often... Also an excelent note for the soundtrack by Vangelis and other well known songs which appear along. A must see.
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    • Aug 12, 2003

    Details

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    • Release date
      • March 18, 1994 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • France
      • United Kingdom
    • Official site
      • Vidio (Indonesia)
    • Languages
      • English
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Perversa luna de hiel
    • Filming locations
      • Paris Studios Cinéma, Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France
    • Production companies
      • Canal+
      • Columbia Pictures
      • Les Films Alain Sarde
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $5,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $1,862,805
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $37,997
      • Mar 20, 1994
    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,862,805
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 19 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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