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Beautiful to behold and impossible to forget, THE PILLOW BOOK is auteur Peter Greenaway's erotically-charged drama about love, death, revenge and the indelible nature of our earliest memories. Each year on her birthday, Nagiko (Vivian Wu) would became her father's canvas, as he painted the creation myth in elaborate, elegant calligraphy on her body. Years later, she continues the practice with a succession of lovers, including a bisexual translator (Ewan McGregor) who becomes a pawn in an escalating game of vengeance against her beloved father's exploitative publisher. Official Selection - Cannes Film Festival.

1997 · 2h 3m
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Director Peter Greenaway

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The Pillow Book

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Beautiful to behold and impossible to forget, THE PILLOW BOOK is auteur Peter Greenaway's erotically-charged drama about love, death, revenge and the indelible nature of our earliest memories. Each year on her birthday, Nagiko (Vivian Wu) would became her father's canvas, as he painted the creation myth in elaborate, elegant calligraphy on her body. Years later, she continues the practice with a succession of lovers, including a bisexual translator (Ewan McGregor) who becomes a pawn in an escalating game of vengeance against her beloved father's exploitative publisher. Official Selection - Cannes Film Festival.

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Average 7
Reviews 56
Fresh 38
Rotten 18

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Studio
Film Movement
Released
1997
Run Time
2 hr 3 min
Rated
Unrated
Regions of Origin
United States, United Kingdom, Netherlands, France, Luxembourg
© 1995 KASANDER & WIGMAN PRODUCTIONS IBV/APLHA FILMS SAR WOODLINE FILMS LTD

Languages

Original Audio
English, English (United Kingdom), Japanese, French, Italian
Audio

English (United Kingdom) (AAC)

Subtitles

English (United Kingdom) (Always On), English (United States) (CC)

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.