Harem

1985

Drama / Mystery / Romance

7
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 45% · 2 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 45%
IMDb Rating 4.7/10 10 874 874

Plot summary

Diane is a sophisticated trainee on the New York Stock Exchange who is suddenly kidnapped and held captive in a North African desert hideaway by Selim, an Arab mogul.

Director

Arthur Joffé Photo
Arthur Joffé

Top cast

Ben Kingsley Photo
Ben Kingsley as Selim
Nastassja Kinski Photo
Nastassja Kinski as Diane
Teco Celio Photo
Teco Celio as Italian Worker
Rosanne Katon Photo
Rosanne Katon as Judy
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
1.02 GB
1280*544
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us   cn  
24 fps
1 hr 53 min
Seeds 1
1.9 GB
1920*816
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us   cn  
24 fps
1 hr 53 min
Seeds 3

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by CurtHerzstark

An odd failure....

This film about a relationships, old versus new ways of life, culture, sex and traditions should have been better. However what we get is strange art-house film that borders to exploitation.The director Arthur Joffé is really trying to say something deep here but according to me,he fails. While trying to do a dark, meaningful film along the same lines as Jalsaghar (1958), Da hong deng long gao gao gua/ Raise the Red Lantern(1991) etc this film almost never reaches that level and becomes more like Paradise (1982).More like a softporn drama film in a exotic setting, then an romantic drama with very dark undertones. It is shame, because Nastassja Kinski is very good here, gives of probably one of her best performances, and with Ben Kingsley holds this film on their shoulders.The directors choice to use the stockholm syndrome as romantic plot device doesn't really sit well with this reviewer and also reminds me of some Pinku eiga films I've seen.But people who are still curious about this unusual and hard to come by film, see it for Nastassja Kinski & Ben Kingsleys sake, nothing else.Also viewers sensitive about nudity or sex should avoid this film.
Reviewed by loza-1 1 / 10

Downright Silly

We the poor public have to watch the contents of someone's sexual fantasies up there on the silver screen.An American girl, who - by design or otherwise - looks strangely like Michael from The Bangles - is given a drugged hot drink on a cold day and wakes up in the heat of the Arabian desert minus her pantyhose. She discovers she has been captured not by a Valentino-type, but by a middle-aged man with a bald head and a moustache. The rest of the film is a seduction and a motor tour through the desert, punctuated by this poor girl being painted with henna.Unless you are looking for a cure for insomnia, you would do well to give this film a miss and watch Valentino in The Sheik instead.
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