Torrents of Spring | |
Director: | Jerzy Skolimowski |
Producer: | Mario Cotone |
Screenplay: | Jerzy Skolimowski |
Story: | Ivan Turgenev |
Starring: | Timothy Hutton Nastassja Kinski Valeria Golino William Forsythe Urbano Barberini |
Music: | Stanley Myers |
Cinematography: | Witold Sobocinski |
Editing: | Cesare D'Amico |
Studio: | Erre Produzioni Reteitalia Les Films Ariane Films A2 |
Distributor: | Curzon Film Distributors (United Kingdom) BIM Distribuzione (Italy) Les Films Ariane (France) Millimeter Films (United States) |
Released: | May 1989 (Cannes Film Festival) 6 September 1989 (France) 17 November 1989 (Italy) 9 February 1990 (United States) 18 May 1990 (United Kingdom) |
Runtime: | 101 minutes |
Country: | United Kingdom France Italy |
Language: | English |
Gross: | $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 of the same name 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]
The film grossed $111,747 upon its U.S. theatrical release.