Directed by Roman Polanski
France/UK : 133 minutes : Drama
British couple Fiona and Nigel Dobson 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, 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 of the various stages of this
relationship over a number of visits to Oscars cabin.
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