A melancholy look at the search for love...in this case forever unattained. Tony Richardson's film is a showcase for Jeanne Moreau, who plays a wealthy woman sailing the world over in search of a sailor she was once in love with. Bored Brit Ian Bannen hooks up with Moreau after ditching clingy girlfriend Vanessa Redgrave. Fireworks ensue. Moreau, looking stunning, has great chemistry with Bannen and while the film is short in length (just under 90 minutes), it's chock full of insight around how love, for some, just isn't there...or maybe it's RIGHT THERE! It's an odd film, with stunning B&W photography by the great Raoul Coutard. Moreau gets to sing one song and there are a couple of bizarre cameos -- Orson Welles pops up in a fez and Hugh Griffith appears as a helpful great white hunter.
Review of The Sailor from Gibraltar
