Liebestraum (1991)

Directed by

Mike Figgis

Genre

drama film, thriller film, mystery film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 52m

Rating

5.4 of 10 from 22 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An architect professor visits a small Illinois town to see his dying birthmother. He starts an affair with his college friend's wife, a photographer, while the demolition of a historic building linked to an old murder-suicide hangs over the story.

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What happens

Liebestraum (lit. transl. "dream of love") is a 1991 American mystery film written and directed by Mike Figgis, and starring Kevin Anderson, Pamela Gidley, Bill Pullman, Zach Grenier, Alicia Witt, Taina Elg, and Kim Novak in her last film role to date. Set in a small Illinois town, it follows an architect professor who begins an affair with his college friend's photographer wife while visiting his dying birthmother. The film is set against the backdrop of the demolition of an abandoned historic building where a murder–suicide occurred decades prior. It takes its name from Franz Liszt's piano nocturnes Liebesträume (1850). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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