Bitter Moon

1992 film by Roman Polanski
Movie film Q878964
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Summary

Bitter Moon is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,324 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Roman Polanski[3]
  • Screenwriter: Roman Polanski[4], Gérard Brach[5], Pascal Bruckner[6], John Brownjohn[7]
  • Composer: Vangelis[8]
  • Genre: romance film[9], comedy drama[10], drama film[11], thriller film[12], erotic thriller[13], erotic film[14]
  • Based on: Evil Angels[15]
  • Cast member: Hugh Grant[16], Kristin Scott Thomas[17], Emmanuelle Seigner[18], Peter Coyote[19], Victor Banerjee[20], Jean-Yves Chalangeas[21], Stockard Channing[22], Olivia Brunaux[23], Danny Wuyts[24], Boris Bergman[25], Robert Benmussa[26]
  • Producer: Roman Polanski[27], Alain Sarde[28]
  • Production company: Canal+[29], Alain Sarde[30]
  • Director of photography: Tonino Delli Colli[31]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[32], French[33]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[34]
  • Review score: 6.2/10[35], 63%[36]
  • Color: color[37]
  • Country of origin: France[38], United Kingdom[39]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1992[40], January 7, 1993[41]
  • Distributed by: Netflix[42]
  • Narrative location: India[43], Turkey[44], Istanbul[45]
  • Filming location: Paris[46]
  • Film editor: Hervé de Luze[47]
  • Title: Bitter Moon[48], Lunes de fiel[49]
  • Has characteristic: film based on a novel[50]
  • After a work by: Pascal Bruckner[51]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 16[52]
  • Duration: 138[53]
  • Filmiroda rating: Category III[54]

Why It Matters

Bitter Moon has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] It is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]

References

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [55] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [56] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 104779
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  2. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 5848
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  3. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +1992-01-01T00:00:00Z, +1993-01-07T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → Roman Polanski, Gérard Brach, Pascal Bruckner +1
    Duration → {'amount': '+138'}
    Original language of film or tv show → English, French
    + 31 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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