Salt on Our Skin (1992)
A Scottish woman who attends school in Paris comes home for the summer and helps take in the straw, where she meets an attractive and simple man. They begin a torrid affair despite the differences in their lifestyles. He asks her to marry him but she refuses, and they continue their separate lives but also continue their affair through the years, loving each other despite their differences.
- Date of release
- 1992-09-17
- TMDB
- 5.0 / 10 (29)
- Runtime
- 1h 51m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Director
- Andrew Birkin
Casting
- Greta Scacchi — George
- Vincent D'Onofrio — Gavin
- Anaïs Jeanneret — Frédérique
- Hanns Zischler — Sidney
- Barbara Jones — Ellen
- Rolf Illig — George's Father
- Petra Berndt — Jodie
- László I. Kish — Angus
- Shirley Henderson — Mary
- Sandra Voe — Gavin's Mother
- Claudine Auger — George's Mother
- Charles Berling — Roger
Interesting facts
- Filmed in: Montreal, Florida, Paris, and United States Virgin Islands
Salt on Our Skin is a 1992 erotic romantic drama film, directed by Andrew Birkin, starring Greta Scacchi and Vincent D'Onofrio. The film is based on Benoîte Groult’s novel Les vaisseaux du coeur published in 1988. The plot follows the passionate relationship between mismatched lovers, a Parisian intellectual woman and a Scottish fisherman, brought together by lust. Their passionate encounters over 30 years make both their lives worth living. Scacchi and D'Onofrio were a real life couple at that time.
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