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Title: Bitter Moon (1992)
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| Peter Coyote | ... | Oscar | |
| Emmanuelle Seigner | ... | Mimi | |
| Hugh Grant | ... | Nigel | |
| Kristin Scott Thomas | ... | Fiona | |
| Victor Banerjee | ... | Mr. Singh | |
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Sophie Patel | ... | Amrita Singh |
| Patrick Albenque | ... | Steward | |
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Smilja Mihailovitch | ... | Bridge Player |
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Leo Eckmann | ... | Bridge Player |
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Luca Vellani | ... | Dado |
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Richard Dieux | ... | Partygoer |
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Danny Wuyts | ... | Bandleader (as Danny Garcy) |
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Daniel Dhubert | ... | Bus Inspector |
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Nathalie Galán | ... | Girl in Boutique (as Nathalie Galan) |
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Eric Gonzales | ... | Cook |
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. Written by Sami Al-Taher <staher2000@yahoo.com>
The film begins with the camera focused on the sea and the waves, and the music with the piano playing to good effect, then an increasingly enlarging zooming shot of a porthole. Then to the cruise liner where the four main characters are based. It is a story narrated and told by Oscar, played by Peter Coyote, who is wheelchair-bound, to Nigel, played by Hugh Grant, a man he meets on the cruise. Nigel is intrigued by an entwining and serpentine tale Oscar tells him, and so are we, and even though it starts to sound incredulous, he has to return to Oscar's quarters to hear more. The tale is so engrossing because it concerns Oscar's beautiful, sultry and seductive wife, Mimi, played mesmerisingly by Emmanuelle Seigner. Oscar is entranced at first with her and delves into all kinds of sexual games, then his passion for her begins to subside and he rejects her and leaves her alone on a plane. All the while Nigel's wife (Kristin Scott-Thomas) is becoming disillusioned with Nigel's fascination with Mimi and Oscar. I do not want to unveil anymore, just to implore you to watch this film and let it mesmerise you, like it did me. I felt as though I had to keep watching and somehow I did not want to leave and let go of it until the end.