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  • The Tango Lesson
  • The Tango Lesson review by A customer from London
    Rated - 1 stars Pretentious Potter 4 November 2004
    ...A great story ruined by Sally Potter's self-indulgent style of film-making. It's her own story of falling in love with the Tango (and a dancer) and she should have cast Mer...  
  • The Man Who Cried
  • The Man Who Cried review by from Lincoln
    Rated - 5 stars My fave film of all time! 29 November 2003
    ... and Ricci, without any words being spoken. The soundtrack is also exceptional. Sally Potter (director) at her best.... ...  
  • Yes
  • Yes review by from Manchester, England
    Rated - 5 stars Stikingly beautiful! 15 January 2006
    ...Yes is possibly the most beautiful film I have ever seen. Sally Potter began work on this film on September 12, 2001. The impact of the previous day's events can be felt...  

Sally Potter - filmography


  • Rage on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Jude Law,  Judi Dench,  Eddie Izzard
    Director: Sally Potter
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Expose of the inner lives of a group of people who work at a New York fashion house. Shot as though from a cellphone camera, events begin to unfold over a seven day period that turn what appeared to be a runway accident into a potential murder.
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 38% from 60 members
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  • Yes on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Joan Allen,  Simon Abkarian,  Sam Neill
    Director: Sally Potter
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    YES is the story of a passionate love affair between an American woman (Joan Allen) and a Middle-Eastern man (Simon Abkarian) in which they confront some of the greatest conflicts of our generation - religious, political and sexual. Sam Neill plays the betrayed and betraying politician husband and ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 2,074 members
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  • The Tango Lesson on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Sally Potter,  Pablo Veron,  Caroline Lotti
    Director: Sally Potter
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A love story propelled by the power of the Argentine tango, THE TANGO LESSON stars director Sally Potter as a director, Sally, who, while in Paris preparing to make a film she doesn't really want to make, wanders into a tango performance and is smitten with the dance. After a lesson with the ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 893 members
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  • Orlando (1992)
    Starring: Tilda Swinton,  Billy Zane,  Lothaire Bluteau
    Director: Sally Potter
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Sally Potter's dazzling adaptation of Virginia Woolf's classic novel is the tale of the apparently immortal Orlando, who begins an epic quest for love and freedom in the court of Elizabeth I as a man, and completes the search 400 years later as a woman. This journey takes Orlando across the frozen ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 2,942 members
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  • The Gold Diggers (1983)
    Starring: Julie Christie,  Kassandra Colson,  Siobhan Davies
    Director: Sally Potter
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Lacking any particular plot line, this feminist film focuses on the adventures of Ruby (Julie Christie) who goes to the Yukon to search out her roots--her father was a gold prospector there--and also details the experiences of Celeste (Colette Laffont) as she tries to get her male bosses to answer ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 No ratings yet. Be the first.
    Due for release on 28th December 2009
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Sally Potter facts

5 most recent films

Rage - 2.0 stars
Yes - 2.5 stars
The Man Who Cried - 3.0 stars
The Tango Lesson - 2.5 stars
Orlando - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Orlando - 3.0 stars
The Man Who Cried - 3.0 stars
The Tango Lesson - 2.5 stars
Yes - 2.5 stars
Rage - 2.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

London Story - Sally Potter Shorts Collection - 3 stars
The Gold Diggers - 3 stars
Rage - 2.0 stars
Yes - 2.5 stars
The Tango Lesson - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Lothaire Bluteau - 3 times - show films
Quentin Crisp - 3 times - show films
Charlotte Valandrey - 3 times - show films
Billy Zane - 3 times - show films
Heathcote Williams - 3 times - show films