every man should watch this film and it be a polanski masterpiece . the part be wonderfully play and the script be menacingly accurate . why it do not get great exposure at the time or since baffle me and particularly a two of the principle character have since become famous and hugh grant and kristan scott thomas . most men will empathise with the morality or lack of in this confused relationship between an old man obsess with his sexual object in the form of the stunning french actress and and her adoration for him . the haunting reality be that for so many the lack of depth in a relationship be frighten once the sexual desire diminishes . an awesome film positive .