

A kinky voyage with a full head of steam.
A passenger on a cruise ship develops an irresistible infatuation with an eccentric paraplegic's wife.
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Contemporary, grave, intimate and spare.
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- sparerichly built
- warmbleak
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Cast
- Peter CoyoteOscar
- Emmanuelle SeignerMimi
- Hugh GrantNigel
- Kristin Scott ThomasFiona
- Victor BanerjeeMr. Singh
- Sophie PatelAmrita Singh
- Patrick AlbenqueSteward
- Smilja MihailovitchBridge Player
- Leo EckmannBridge Player
- Luca VellaniDado
Crew
- Roman PolanskiDirector
- Roman PolanskiScreenplay
- Gérard BrachScreenplay
- John BrownjohnScreenplay
- Pascal BrucknerNovel
- Tonino Delli ColliDirector of Photography
- VangelisOriginal Music Composer
- Hervé de LuzeEditor
- Roman PolanskiProducer
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