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Amok (1993)
Directed by Joël Farges
Drama, Comedy · 1h 30m
Whenever people are released from their society's constraints, there is the possibility that they will behave badly, at least according to the rules of the society they have left behind. This seems to have been particularly the case for Europeans living in colonial establishments in Africa and Asia. In this drama, based on a story by Stefan Zweig, Dr. Steiner (Andrzej Seweryn) was caught with his fingers in the till at a German hospital. Rather than prosecute him, they gave him the option of emigrating elsewhere. He chose to serve at a clinic in a remote part of Portuguese Goa. He has been on his best behavior for years, but when the beautiful wife (Fanny Ardant) of a diplomat comes to him asking for an abortion, he is tempted to ask for sexual favors in return, and his life swiftly goes out of control.
Cast
Fanny Ardant
Sonja Kirchberger
Andrzej Seweryn
Bernard Le Coq
Joaquim de Almeida
Henrique Viana
António Victorino de Almeida
Anang Desai
Crew
- Director
- Joël Farges
- Writer
- Catherine Foussadier, Joël Farges, Dominique Rousset
- Novel
- Stefan Zweig
- Director of Photography
- Fabio Conversi
- Original Music Composer
- Nicola Piovani
- Editor
- Laure Blancherie, Luce Grunenwaldt
- Producer
- Frédéric Bourboulon, Tino Navarro
Details
- Release date
- 1993-10-09
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- German, French
- Countries
- France, Germany, Portugal
- Production
- AB Films, MGN Filmes, NEF Filmproduktion & Vertrieb (I), CNC, Instituto Português de Cinema (IPC), Sofica Investimage 4, Sofinergie 2, Canal+