Lolita
A queasy, beautifully shot descent into obsession, where tenderness and predation blur and every scene leaves you uneasy.
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Lolita
A queasy, darkly comic study of obsession, full of unsettling wit and slow-building dread.
About 1962 USA film by Stanley Kubrick
Genres drama, comedy drama, romance
Directed by Stanley Kubrick
Written by Stanley Kubrick, Vladimir Nabokov, James B. Harris
Starring Peter Sellers, Shelley Winters, James Mason, Sue Lyon, Lois Maxwell, Shirley Douglas, Marianne Stone, Terry Kilburn
Music Nelson Riddle, J. Robert Harris
Runtime 152 min
Country United States, United Kingdom
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