bitter moon is a 1992 franco-british erotic romantic thriller film directed by roman polanski and starring peter coyote, emmanuelle seigner, hugh grant, and kristin scott thomas. the film's french title is "" (a pun on the french phrase "lune de miel", meaning "honeymoon".) it is based on the novel "lunes de fiel" by the french author pascal bruckner, published in english as "evil angels". the score was composed by vangelis.