Lolita

Lolita

1997 · 137 min · EN · R · 7.1 (1,973 votes)
Dir. Adrian Lyne · Starring Jeremy Irons, Dominique Swain, Melanie Griffith, Frank Langella, Suzanne Shepherd, Keith Reddin · Music Ennio Morricone

A forbidden love. An unthinkable attraction. The ultimate price.

Drama

Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the vulgarity of American culture. When he comes to stay at the boarding house run by Charlotte Haze, he soon becomes obsessed with Lolita, the woman's teenaged daughter.

VIBE

A deeply unsettling and melancholic psychological drama, this film seduces with its lush visuals while exploring the disturbing depths of obsession and forbidden desire. It's a slow-burn descent into moral ambiguity, leaving a lingering sense of unease and tragedy in its wake. The atmosphere is both beautiful and profoundly uncomfortable.

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