The Sheltering Sky (1990) Reviews & Ratings

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The Sheltering Sky reviews

The Sheltering Sky holds a 6.5/10 average from 310 TMDB ratings.

When “Kit” (Debra Winger) and her husband “Port” (John Malkovich) realise that their relationship is running out of steam, they decide to head into the Moroccan desert and rejuvenate their lives. Things don’t quite get off to the start he’d want though as he quickly finds himself in an erotic knocking shop complete with noisy chickens whilst befriended by the rather sexually ambiguous and sweaty “Eric” (Timothy Spal…
— CinemaSerf (6/10)

An American couple drift toward emptiness in postwar North Africa.

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