A passenger on a cruise ship develops an irresistible infatuation with an eccentric paraplegic's wife.
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Movie1992·139 min
Bitter Moon
Directed by Roman Polanski
A thriller drama film directed by Roman Polanski.
◈ CrunchScore
Top 9%
of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement
★ TMDB Audience Rating
7.1/10
896 ratings
About Bitter Moon
- Pacing
- Measured (4 of 9)
- Tone
- Dark (2 of 9)
- Intensity
- Intense (7 of 9)
- Complexity
- Layered (6 of 9)
- Humor
- Light-touch (4 of 9)
- Scale
- Intimate (1 of 9)
- Spirit
- Haunting (3 of 9)
- Texture
- Unsettling, Stylized
- Story Tags
- obsession, infidelity, forbidden love, ocean maritime, hotel transit, romantic partners, strangers forced together, femme fatale, everyman, frame story, slow burn reveal, cat and mouse, forbidden star crossed, sweeping romance