Main Cast: Nastassja Kinski, Ben Kingsley, Dennis Goldson, Zohra Segal, Michel Robin
Release Year: 1985
Country: FR
Run Time: 107 minutes
Plot
This film's two well-known stars -- Nastassja Kinski as Diane, a sophisticated trainee on the New York Stock Exchange, and Ben Kingsley as Selim an Arab mogul -- are hard-put to bring life into this beautifully photographed but underscripted romantic drama. Diane is kidnapped and brought to Selim's scenic fortress hideaway in a North African desert. In an interesting role reversal, Diane has no qualms about bedding down an attractive man, but Selim's harem is purely decorative -- he does not share her cavalier view of sexual relationships. The twist is that Selim is not really that bad -- in spite of the fact that he has kidnapped the girl, he actually feels compelled to uphold a time-honored tradition that he doesn't really believe. Selim is an aesthete who wants to embrace the ways of the Western world. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
George Goodridge - Art Director, Arthur Joffe - Director, Dominique Martin - Editor, Ruggero Mastroianni - Editor, Philippe Sarde - Composer (Music Score), Stefano Fava - Makeup, Charly Koubesserian - Makeup, Alexandre Trauner - Production Designer, Pasqualino De Santis - Cinematographer, Alain Sarde - Producer, Arthur Joffe - Screenwriter, Richard Prieur - Screenwriter, David Rayfiel - Screenwriter, Tom Rayfiel - Screenwriter, Ludwig van Beethoven - Featured Music, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Featured Music
Harem is a 1985French film starring Nastassja Kinski and Ben Kingsley. Directed by Arthur Joffe, the film was not rated in the U.S., but contained nudity, violence, and profanity. The film also starred Dennis Goldson.
