Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (film)

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea is a 1995 BelgianFrench drama film directed by Marion Hnsel. It was entered into the 1995 Cannes Film Festival. The plot is based on the short story titled Li, by the Greek poet and sailor Nikos Kavvadias.

Nikos struggles with an opium 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 on Shantung silk, the symbol Li had previously told Nikos represented luck. ........

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