| Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea | |
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| Directed by | Marion Hänsel |
| Written by | Marion Hänsel Nikos Kavvadias Louis Grospierre |
| Produced by | Marion Hänsel Jessinta Liu |
| Starring | Stephen Rea |
| Cinematography | Bernard Lutic |
| Edited by | Susana Rossberg |
| Music by | Wim Mertens |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
| Countries | Belgium France |
| Languages | Dutch English |
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea is a 1995 Belgian-Frenchdrama film directed byMarion Hänsel. It was entered into the1995 Cannes Film Festival.[1] The plot is based on the short story titled "Li", by the Greek poet and sailorNikos Kavvadias.
Nikos (Stephen Rea), a sailor, learns that the company that runs his ship has gone bankrupt. For the few weeks it will take to sell the ship he is on, the ship remains off the coast ofHong Kong. It is boarded by a young beggar girl Li, (Ling Chu) who offers to take care of him in exchange for food for her and her baby brother. Though he claims to have no use for her, Nikos reluctantly agrees to the deal.
Nikos struggles with anopium addiction and regret over abandoning his girlfriend and their child. He warms to Li and her brother, treating them as surrogate children. When his final paycheck comes through he decides to return to Europe but not before bringing Li ashore for a day where he meets both her mother and father.
Before they part Li and Nikos talk about luck and good fortune and she tells him that his luck has changed. As he boards a new ship to return home he sees that Li has given him a gold dragon embroidered onShantung silk, the symbol Li had previously told Nikos represented luck.
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