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Nina Takes a Lover

  • 19941994
  • RR
  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
649
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Nina Takes a Lover (1994)
  • Comedy
  • Romance
A lonely young woman decides to kindle her passions in a fling with a married photographer after feeling challenged by her own best friend's affair.A lonely young woman decides to kindle her passions in a fling with a married photographer after feeling challenged by her own best friend's affair.A lonely young woman decides to kindle her passions in a fling with a married photographer after feeling challenged by her own best friend's affair.
IMDb RATING
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649
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  • Director
    • Alan Jacobs
  • Writer
    • Alan Jacobs
  • Stars
    • Laura San Giacomo
    • Paul Rhys
    • Michael O'Keefe
Top credits
  • Director
    • Alan Jacobs
  • Writer
    • Alan Jacobs
  • Stars
    • Laura San Giacomo
    • Paul Rhys
    • Michael O'Keefe
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    • 5User reviews
    • 13Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Laura San Giacomo and Paul Rhys in Nina Takes a Lover (1994)
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    Laura San Giacomo
    Laura San Giacomo
    • Ninaas Nina
    Paul Rhys
    Paul Rhys
    • Photographeras Photographer
    Michael O'Keefe
    Michael O'Keefe
    • Journalistas Journalist
    Cristi Conaway
    Cristi Conaway
    • Friendas Friend
    Fisher Stevens
    Fisher Stevens
    • Paulieas Paulie
    Alan Lightner
    • Caribbean Musicianas Caribbean Musician
    Vincent Lars
    • Caribbean Musicianas Caribbean Musician
    Carter Collins
    • Caribbean Musicianas Caribbean Musician
    Michelle Koeppe
    • Shoestore Assistantas Shoestore Assistant
    Marianna Åström-De Fina
    • Customeras Customer
    • Director
      • Alan Jacobs
    • Writer
      • Alan Jacobs
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    User reviews5

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    Top review
    8/10
    Magical sparkles from Laura San Giacomo and Paul Rhys
    A surprisingly well written and creative script, which was no simple plot: there are twists and turns, not by pushing or attention hogging actions – the film just flows from scene to scene, be it recounting or fantasizing or in the present. It's really a gem – well-cut and put together with facets reflecting, refracting and juxtaposed -- rich in story tone and colorful emotions (at times sensuous suggestions), and the happenings were all set in and around a leisurely paced San Francisco (in a cafe or a studio, for instance).

    How attractive and alluring is this picture? Writer-director Alan Jacobs made spending time in a shoe store most interesting to follow, especially we are with Laura San Giacomo. Her pairing with Paul Rhys from Britain was more than suitably matched. In the end, it's absolutely fulfilling: the romance between the two key characters is imaginative and real. This film affirms that love can be wondrous and mysteriously romantic at the same time – you and your partner can be whoever, whenever, whatever you want to make it to be. Love and receive love. Be.

    Laura San Giacomo was in Steven Soderbergh's 1989 `sex, lies and videotape' with James Spader, Andie MacDowell and Peter Gallagher, and in writer-director Simon Moore's 1992 `Under Suspicion' with Liam Neeson (a very good who dunnit with twists after twists and. . .more). Paul Rhys was in Robert Altman's 1990 "Vincent and Theo" with Tim Roth and Johanna Ter Steege (she was the disappearing wife in George Sluizer's 1988 Dutch film "The Vanishing".)
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    • Release date
      • March 3, 1995 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Nina skaffar en älskare
    • Production companies
      • Alan Jacobs Productions
      • Archer Entertainment Group
      • Sharona Productions
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $189,509
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 40 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Ultra Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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