The Sandpiper

The Sandpiper

1965 · 117 min · EN · NR · 6.4 (57 votes)
Dir. Vincente Minnelli · Starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Eva Marie Saint, Charles Bronson, Robert Webber, James Edwards · Music Johnny Mandel

“From the beginning, they knew it was wrong....but nothing could keep them apart!”

DramaRomance

A free-spirited single mother forms a connection with the wedded headmaster of an Episcopalian boarding school in Monterey, California.

VIBE

A sun-drenched, yet emotionally fraught, exploration of desire clashing with duty. It feels like a wistful, lingering gaze at a fleeting, impossible connection set against a backdrop of stark natural beauty.

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