Film

Amok

1993 · 1h 30m · Drama · Comedy

IMDb

7.2

Whenever people are released from their society's constraints, there is the possibility that they will behave badly, at least according to the rules of the society they have left behind. This seems to have been particularly the case for Europeans living in colonial establishments in Africa and Asia. In this drama, based on a story by Stefan Zweig, Dr. Steiner (Andrzej Seweryn) was caught with his fingers in the till at a German hospital. Rather than prosecute him, they gave him the option of emigrating elsewhere. He chose to serve at a clinic in a remote part of Portuguese Goa. He has been on his best behavior for years, but when the beautiful wife (Fanny Ardant) of a diplomat comes to him asking for an abortion, he is tempted to ask for sexual favors in return, and his life swiftly goes out of control.

Fanny Ardant

She

Sonja Kirchberger

Mistress Munich

Andrzej Seweryn

Steiner

Bernard Le Coq

The traveler

Joaquim de Almeida

The lover

Henrique Viana

the surgeon

António Victorino de Almeida

the governor

Joachim Wörmsdorf

the husband

Anang Desai

the chauffeur

• Joël FargesDirector · Writer
• Catherine FoussadierWriter
• Dominique RoussetWriter
• Stefan ZweigNovel
• Frédéric BourboulonProducer
• Tino NavarroProducer
• Fabio ConversiDirector of Photography
• Nicola PiovaniOriginal Music Composer
• Laure BlancherieEditor
• Luce GrunenwaldtEditor

Release date

October 9, 1993

Status

Released

Original language

French

Runtime

1h 30m

Genres

Drama, Comedy