Torrents of Spring (1989 film)

Torrents of Spring
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Directed byJerzy Skolimowski
Screenplay byJerzy Skolimowski
Story byIvan Turgenev
Produced byMario Cotone
StarringTimothy HuttonNastassja KinskiValeria GolinoWilliam ForsytheUrbano Barberini
CinematographyWitold Sobocinski
Edited byCesare D'Amico
Music byStanley Myers
Productioncompanies
Erre ProduzioniReteitaliaLes Films ArianeFilms A2
Distributed byCurzon Film Distributors (United Kingdom)BIM Distribuzione (Italy)Les Films Ariane (France)
Release dates
  • May 1989 (1989-05) (Cannes Film Festival)
  • 6 September 1989 (1989-09-06) (France)
  • 17 November 1989 (1989-11-17) (Italy)
  • 18 May 1990 (1990-05-18) (UK)
Running time
101 minutes[1]
CountriesUnited KingdomFranceItaly
LanguageEnglish
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.[2]

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Reception

The film grossed $111,747 upon its U.S. theatrical release.

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