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Bitter Moon (1992)

★ 7.1 · 846 ratings on TMDB

A kinky voyage with a full head of steam.

Bitter Moon poster★ 7.1

A passenger on a cruise ship develops an irresistible infatuation with an eccentric paraplegic's wife.

DirectorRoman Polanski
CastEmmanuelle Seigner, Hugh Grant, Kristin Scott Thomas, Leo Eckmann, Luca Vellani, Patrick Albenque
GenresDrama, Romance, Thriller
The emergence reading

Bitter Moon keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Shared director or cast.

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