Amok

Amok (1993)

DramaComedy

Whenever people are released from their society's constraints, there is the possibility that they will behave badly, at least according to the rules of the society they have left behind. This seems to have been particularly the case for Europeans living in colonial establishments in Africa and Asia. In this drama, based on a story by Stefan Zweig, Dr. Steiner (Andrzej Seweryn) was caught with his fingers in the till at a German hospital. Rather than prosecute him, they gave him the option of emigrating elsewhere. He chose to serve at a clinic in a remote part of Portuguese Goa. He has been on his best behavior for years, but when the beautiful wife (Fanny Ardant) of a diplomat comes to him asking for an abortion, he is tempted to ask for sexual favors in return, and his life swiftly goes out of control.

Director: Joël Farges

Casts

	Fanny Ardant as She
	Sonja Kirchberger as Mistress Munich
	Andrzej Seweryn as Steiner
	Bernard Le Coq as The traveler
	Joaquim de Almeida as The lover
	Henrique Viana as the surgeon
	António Victorino de Almeida as the governor
	Joachim Wörmsdorf as the husband
	Anang Desai as the chauffeur

Crew