The Object of Beauty
Love is more than dollars and sex.
1991 · 1h 43m · R
Comedy, Crime, Drama
Directed by
Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Overview
American couple Jake and Tina are living in an expensive London hotel above their means, incurring a sizeable debt. When they are asked to pay a lavish dinner bill and Jake's card is declined, he suggests they sell Tina's tiny, expensive Henry Moore sculpture to cover the debt. After they hatch a scheme to claim the sculpture was stolen in order to collect insurance on it, the sculpture mysteriously goes missing.
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