An American writer in Paris is hired to do a script for an edgy young director he can't stand. When he falls in love with the director's cold and manipulative pretty sister, his life starts to unravel and he realizes that he's been used.
Acting
Goldblum's sweating, stammering descent into pathetic obsession.
Direction
Trueba's sleazy Paris looks gorgeous while feeling gross.
Director
Fernando Trueba
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Trueba won an Oscar for Belle Époque four years later—same eye for messy desire, less murder.
This bombed because it arrived just as the erotic thriller peaked; audiences wanted Basic Instinct's confidence, not this sweaty paranoia.
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