Torrents of Spring (1989)

Directed by

Jerzy Skolimowski

Genre

drama film, melodrama

Country

United Kingdom, France, Italy

Runtime

1h 41m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1840, a young Russian aristocrat falls in love with a German pastry-shop girl. He is then seduced by a beautiful Russian princess and must choose between them.

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What happens

Torrents of Spring is a 1989 drama film written and directed by Jerzy Skolimowski and starring Timothy Hutton, Nastassja Kinski and Valeria Golino. It is based on the 1872 novel by Ivan Turgenev. It is a British, French, and Italian co-production. Set in 1840, the film follows a young Russian aristocrat, Dimitri Sanin, who is torn between the love of a beautiful German pastry-shop girl, Gemma Rosselli, and a Russian seductress, Princess Maria Nikolaevna. The film competed for the Golden Palm Award at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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