The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea (1976)

Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea, The (1976, GBR) C-105m. SCOPE *** D: Lewis John Carlino. Starring Sarah Miles, Kris Kristofferson, Jonathan Kahn, Margo Cunningham, Earl Rhodes. In a British seaside town, widowed mother (Miles) of a teenage boy (Kahn) is about to fall in love again… with a sailor (Kristofferson). Film deals with the boy's complicated coming-to-terms with his mother's new feelings and his relationship with his friends, one of whom (Rhodes, remarkably cold) is influencing him in negative way. Deliberately paced character study with fine performances and a moody score. Well-photographed by Douglas Slocombe. The director scripted from a noevl by Yukio Mishima.


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