Bitter Moon
Bitter Moon is a 1992 erotic romantic thriller film co-written and directed by Roman Polanski. It stars Peter Coyote, Emmanuelle Seigner, Hugh Grant and Kristin Scott Thomas. The film's French title, lang, is a pun on the French phrase "lune de miel", meaning "honeymoon". It is based on the novel Lunes de fiel by French author Pascal Bruckner, published in English as Evil Angels. The score was composed by Vangelis.
Plot
British couple Nigel and Fiona Dobson are on a Mediterranean cruise ship to Istanbul en route to India. They encounter a beautiful young French woman, Mimi, and that night, Nigel chats briefly with her in the ship's bar after seeing her dancing alone. Later, Nigel meets her much older and disabled American husband, Oscar Benton, who is a failed writer—acerbic, cynical and jaded.
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| author | Gérard Brach John Brownjohn Pascal Bruckner Roman Polanski |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | India Istanbul Turkey |
| director | Roman Polanski |
| editor | Hervé de Luze |
| genre | comedy romance thriller |
| keywords | birthday present bondage bridge game caribbean contract bridge cruise ship cry disabled femur flirt french woman hang little girl married new year new year's eve passionate kiss sadomasochism sleep voyeurism want young man |
| musicBy | Vangelis |
| producer | Roman Polanski |
| productionCompany | Canal+ Les Films Alain Sarde R.P. Productions Timothy Burrill Productions |
| publisher | AMLF Columbia Pictures |
| recordedAt | Paris |
| theme | black comedy dance erotic thriller independent narrative romantic thriller |