Underplayed Gems

The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea (1976)

The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea poster
Directed by
Lewis John Carlino
Genre
drama film
Country
Australia, United Kingdom, United States
Runtime
1h 45m
Rated
12
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 36 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A widowed Englishwoman begins a passionate affair with an American sailor. Her young son and his gang of friends secretly observe the relationship and start to form dangerous ideas about the adults around them.

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What happens

The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea is a 1976 British drama film starring Kris Kristofferson and Sarah Miles, directed by Lewis John Carlino. It was adapted by Carlino from the 1963 novel The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea by the Japanese writer Yukio Mishima. The novel is set in Japan but for the film the story's location was changed to the English town of Dartmouth, Devon, where it was also filmed. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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