Writer-director Jose Antonio Zorrilla's THE WINTER IN LISBON never really gets off the ground. The filmmaker ends up with an atmospheric assemblage of long, drawn out scenes made worse with feeble dialogue and unnecessary characters.
Jim (Christian Vadim) is a jazz pianist who plays in a well-known summer resort club called "Lady Bird." This particular summer a legendary horn player, Bill Swann (Dizzy Gillespie), is headlining the club, and Jim is his talented pianist. It isn't long before Lucrecia (Helene De St. Pere) walks
into Jim's life. She is a beautiful yet mysterious blonde--the unhappy wife of a ruthless gangster. When their eyes meet, they know they mu...
Released:
1990
Rated:
NR
Length:
100 mins