Film

Crystal Book

1994 · Drama

IMDb

3.7

This European thriller, set in Sri Lanka, attempts to expound upon the philosophical implications of life, death, and memory. JB, an academic famed for his studies of oriental culture and alcoholic who has never recovered from his wife's suicide, returns to Sri Lanka to translate a book written on glass. It is supposed to contain Buddha's discourse upon memory. While he is there, an attractive nurse, Julia asks him to assist a young boy who wants to locate his father who is now living in a Tamil-occupied area. The Tamil terrorists will kill any trespassers. Compounding JB's conflict in deciding to go is that his former home where he lived with his wife is in that area. Unbeknownst to him, the boy is really a Tamil spy.

Jean-François Balmer

John Billeter, aka JB

Valeria Bruni Tedeschi

Julia Portal

Douglas Ranasinghe

Siri de Silva

Gamini Fonseka

S.S.P. Molligoda , chief of police

John Arnold

Pierre Greene

Jean-Pierre Sentier

Père Baud

Swarna Mallawarachchi

Sonali Jayasinghe

• Patricia PlattnerProducer · Screenplay · Director
• Paulo BrancoExecutive Producer

Release date

November 11, 1994

Status

Released

Original language

French

Genres

Drama