Torrents of Spring | |
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Directed by | Jerzy Skolimowski |
Screenplay by | Jerzy Skolimowski |
Story by | Ivan Turgenev |
Produced by | Mario Cotone |
Starring | Timothy Hutton Nastassja Kinski Valeria Golino William Forsythe Urbano Barberini |
Cinematography | Witold Sobocinski |
Edited by | Cesare D'Amico |
Music by | Stanley Myers |
Production companies | Erre Produzioni Reteitalia Les Films Ariane Films A2 |
Distributed by | Curzon Film Distributors (United Kingdom) BIM Distribuzione (Italy) Les Films Ariane (France) |
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Countries | United Kingdom France Italy |
Language | English |
Box office | $111,747 |
Torrents of Spring is a 1989 drama film written and directed by Jerzy Skolimowski and starring Timothy Hutton, Nastassja Kinski and Valeria Golino. It is based on the 1872 novel by Ivan Turgenev. It is a British, French, and Italian co-production. Set in 1840, the film follows a young Russian aristocrat, Dimitri Sanin, who is torn between the love of a beautiful German pastry-shop girl, Gemma Rosselli, and a Russian seductress, Princess Maria Nikolaevna. The film competed for the Golden Palm Award at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival.[1]