In British Palestine of 1938, several men vie for the affections of a Coptic banker's wife who's involved with the anti-British underground movement.In British Palestine of 1938, several men vie for the affections of a Coptic banker's wife who's involved with the anti-British underground movement.In British Palestine of 1938, several men vie for the affections of a Coptic banker's wife who's involved with the anti-British underground movement.
- Awards
- 2 nominations
- Directors
- George Cukor
- Joseph Strick(uncredited)
- Writers
- Lawrence Durrell
- Lawrence B. Marcus
- Andrew Sarris(uncredited)
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- TriviaAnouk Aimée (Justine) couldn't bear being without her lover and future husband Albert Finney during location shooting and wanted to leave. Director George Cukor persuaded her friend Omar Sharif to convince her of the dire consequences for her career if she did. Although Sharif failed, Finney was able to convince her to finish this movie.
- GoofsA little more than an hour into the film, Dirk Bogarde's character is kissed on the neck by a heavily made-up prostitute in his room. He turns to the camera and his neck is clean. Shortly afterward, Bogarde looks in a mirror and he has a prominent red lipstick kiss on his cheek, though he was never kissed there.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Sex at 24 Frames Per Second (2003)
Featured review
A muddled mess
This is either a very good "bad" movie, or a bad "good" movie. Either way. Cukor's master touch is still visible even though he phoned this one in. Fine cinematography. As with so many films, the actors gave first rate performances but it was not enough. It's a cliche but it's true. The problem is with the story, or more specifically, the screenplay. We see love affairs and parties and characters appearing and disappearing all for no apparent reason. Another failure of trying to squeeze a complex novel into a two hour drama. By the time the secrets are revealed at the end, we really don't care. It is no reward for our having sat through 110 minutes of mish-mash-mush. To pawn this off as a "character study" is a poor excuse for a poor movie.
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- strat-8
- Jul 13, 1999
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- Budget
- $7,870,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 56 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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