Hoffman (1970)

Directed by

Alvin Rakoff

Genre

drama film, comedy film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 42m

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 28 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An older man blackmails a young woman into staying with him for a week. He tries to make her fall for him and leave her criminal fiance.

awkwardunsettlingcerebralclaustrophobicpsychologically tenseemotionally drainingbleakcringe-inducing

What happens

Hoffman is a 1970 British drama film directed by Alvin Rakoff and starring Peter Sellers, Sinéad Cusack, Ruth Dunning and Jeremy Bulloch. An older man blackmails an attractive young woman into spending a week with him in his flat in London, hoping that she will forget her crooked fiancé and fall in love with him instead. The film features one of Sellers' rare non-comedic performances. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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