Lolita (1997 movie)

Lolita is a 1997 French-American drama movie. It is set in the late 1940s and early 1950s in the United States. It is about a relationship between a man in his forties and a 14 year old girl named Lolita after he marries her mother. Dominique Swain plays Dolores "Lolita" Haze. Jeremy Irons plays Humbert Humbert. Melanie Griffith plays Charlotte Haze. Frank Langella plays Clare Quilty, who lures Lolita away to perform in pornography.

The film had difficulty finding an American distributor and premiered in Europe before being released in America. The film was eventually picked up in the United States by Showtime, a cable network, before finally being released theatrically by The Samuel Goldwyn Company.

The movie got good reviews from the critics. It did poorly at the box office.

It was the second movie made from the book Lolita.

Cast

 Jeremy Irons as Professor Humbert Humbert
 Ben Silverstone as young Humbert
 Dominique Swain as Dolores "Lolita" Haze
 Frank Langella as Clare Quilty
 Melanie Griffith as Charlotte Haze
 Suzanne Shepherd as Miss Pratt
 Keith Reddin as Reverend Piggy
 Erin J. Dean as Mona
 Joan Glover as Miss LaBone
 Ed Grady as Dr. Melinik
 Michael Goodwin as Mr. Beale
 Angela Paton as Mrs. Holmes
 Emma Griffiths-Malin as Annabel Lee
 Ronald Pickup as young Humbert's father
 Michael Culkin as Mr. Leigh
 Annabelle Apsion as Mrs. Leigh

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