Bobby Deerfield (1977)

Directed by

Sydney Pollack

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 04m

Rated

PG

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 106 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A famous American race car driver meets an enigmatic Swiss woman while competing in Europe. They fall in love, but she is terminally ill.

melancholicromanticslow-pacedintimatebittersweetcontemplativetender

What happens

Bobby Deerfield is a 1977 American romantic drama film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Al Pacino and Marthe Keller. Based on Erich Maria Remarque's 1961 novel Heaven Has No Favorites, it is about a famous American race car driver on the European circuit who falls in love with an enigmatic Swiss woman who is terminally ill. Pacino was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama. The movie uses clips from the 1976 Formula One season. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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