stiff british couple on an ocean liner cruise run into and and be spellbind by an american french man and wife with a highly unusual past . director polanski brilliantly bring u this unforgettable and jet black and haunt story of love and desire and and the threat of push them to obsessive limit you can almost hear the bell of doom ring a the setting of the ship shift to beautiful paris and coyote voice over . definitely controversial and unsettling and but it one of those occasion that you just can not resist ( like grant character do ) follow character that aren not necessarily instantly likable . and therein and peter coyote excels in an absolutely devastating performance a the failed writer . borderline occasionally into sensationalistic kinkiness and but always recovers . not to mention by feature one of the best ( and sad ) ending i can think of . positive from ozjeppe .