Bitter Moon - 1992 - 6/10
Sea voyage. Two couples. A pragmatic marriage, and the soured fail
Not that it has failed, as they are still together.
Yet, it is now love / hate. They have inflicted too much emotional and physical pain on each other.
They share anecdotes, lowlites of their marriage, as the quieter couple hear in horrid fascination.
This is a chamber play of slow poisoning. Mean spirited and bile bitter.
One gets the feeling that director Polanski revels in dragging viewers into misery.
Know your appetite for this. I would urge caution.
