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Sappho

  • 2008
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 28m
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4.5/10
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Avalon Barrie and Lyudmila Shiryaeva in Sappho (2008)
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Sappho, a newly wed American wife, with her husband on the Greek island Lesbos, goes through the pain of unrequited love to a young woman, very much like the namesake poet in ancient times.Sappho, a newly wed American wife, with her husband on the Greek island Lesbos, goes through the pain of unrequited love to a young woman, very much like the namesake poet in ancient times.Sappho, a newly wed American wife, with her husband on the Greek island Lesbos, goes through the pain of unrequited love to a young woman, very much like the namesake poet in ancient times.

  • Director
    • Robert Crombie
  • Writer
    • Robert Crombie
  • Stars
    • Avalon Barrie
    • Todd Soley
    • Lyudmila Shiryaeva
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.5/10
    2K
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    • Director
      • Robert Crombie
    • Writer
      • Robert Crombie
    • Stars
      • Avalon Barrie
      • Todd Soley
      • Lyudmila Shiryaeva
    • 19User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win total

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    Avalon Barrie
    Avalon Barrie
    • Sappho Lovell
    Todd Soley
    Todd Soley
    • Phil Lovell
    Lyudmila Shiryaeva
    Lyudmila Shiryaeva
    • Helene Orlov
    Bogdan Stupka
    Bogdan Stupka
    • Professor Orlov
    Elissaios Vlachos
    • Dionisios
    Vassilis Psychogiopoulos
    Vassilis Psychogiopoulos
    • Barber
    Oksana Osipova
    • Maria
    Sergey Kosenko
    • Christos
    Anatoliy Semenov
    • Tattoo-Artist
    Bakhtiyar Aliev
    • Island Resident
    Seit-Khalil Ametov
    • Island Resident
    Vasily Andrus
    • Island Resident
    Diana Asonova
    • Island Resident
    Dima Lavrutov
    • Lover Sappho
    Alexander Leontaritis
    Alexander Leontaritis
    • Voice over
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Robert Crombie
    • Writer
      • Robert Crombie
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    User reviews19

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    1mcjensen-05924

    Horrendous

    After 50 plus years I've finally found the worst movie ever made. Atrocious acting all around. Ridiculous plot. Not even the beautiful scenery and sex scenes can salvage this disaster. And it's so long! Or just seemed long. Completely devoid of any meaning or message. I actually was laughing at how tremendously awful this was. If you wanna watch it go for it. It's your life. But I can't recommend this at all.
    4xoe_case

    a badly acted adaptation of a book that isn't credited

    I'm disappointed that the page for the movie gives no credit to the book Garden of Eden by Hemingway. The movie is very heavily based on the storyline of that book, taking whole passages and conversations almost verbatim. It is not one of his more famous novels, but it still seems unlikely that even a foreign release could get away with not crediting such an influential author.

    The movie itself is visually appealing and the production quality is pretty good. The acting is terrible though. Stiff and uninspired. I wouldn't have finished watching it had I not wanted to see if it ended the same way as the book. I do not recommend this movie overall.
    5noskcirenoj

    Better to watch the first version!! Summer Lovers!!

    I picked this movie up at a flea market. It reminded me of Summer Lovers with Daryl Hannah and Peter Gallagher in 1982. Many other reviewers said the acting and dialog were wooden and other than the scenery and music, and some good erotic scenes, you should give the movie a pass. I have always loved Summer Lovers (1982) with MUCH better dialog, acting and story, but I wish I could merge the two. Always thought the 1982 version was the perfect erotic movie that just stopped short. The 2008 is the extra but left behind all the class and quality that made the original a good movie.
    faerieface77

    sappho? no

    I couldn't watch this movie without cringing at the lead girl. She really was hard to watch. I felt like it was like playing dress up for her.

    This was apparently 1926 and I couldn't tell how old she was or what. She walked like Paris Hilton, Not Greta Garbo. She didn't seem to know anything about how an upperclass girl acted in 26. Also, did she have an accent? did she not? I really hope I don't see any more of this idiot.

    The lead actor though wasn't too bad. I felt like he really carried the movie for me.

    It was an OK movie over all. I won't watch it again. I can't bear the audacious acting.
    2RanArashi334

    Terrible.

    Horrible film. I would not recommend this to anyone. While a film is being developed its creators should be asking themselves "So what? Who cares?" and they should be able to answer that question in regards to their movie. At the end of this I felt myself asking "So what? Who cares?" Which is incredibly bad.

    This film suffers from terrible acting, directing and writing, and its seemingly only redeeming qualities are it locations and occasionally good cinematography.

    Honestly, do not bother with this film. It's a glorified soft core porn, and the porn isn't even very good.

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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Although the main character is named Sappho, the movie is not based on the Greek poetess.
    • Quotes

      Sappho: You can marry Helene. You can have her if you like.

      Phil: I'm not a Turk. I can't have two wives. It's in the rules.

      Sappho: Don't be so boring, Phil. There are no rules in this game. There's nothing we can imagine that's not allowed. What's love is love.

      Phil: Well, what's loyalty is that too. Don't you care if I sleep with other women now?

      Sappho: You can sleep with other boys too if you like.

      [to Helene]

      Sappho: Will you marry my husband?

      Helene: Yes.

      Sappho: Then it's perfect. It's all that simple. We can all be married to one another.

    • Soundtracks
      Love Dance, Dance Of The Young Girls, And Dance Of The Men
      (From the ballet 'Carnaval')

      Composed by Mikis Theodorakis

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    • Release date
      • March 5, 2008 (Ukraine)
    • Country of origin
      • Ukraine
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Summer Lover
    • Filming locations
      • Ukraine
    • Production companies
      • Crombie Film
      • Yalta-Film
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    • Budget
      • $1,950,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,329,998
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    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      • 1h 28m(88 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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