Lolita 1997

Overview

The 1997 film Lolita is a drama directed by Adrian Lyne and written by Stephen Schiff, based on Vladimir Nabokov's 1955 novel of the same name. The film stars Jeremy Irons as Humbert Humbert and Dominique Swain as Dolores "Lolita" Haze, with supporting roles by Melanie Griffith and Frank Langella. Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who becomes obsessed with Lolita, the teenage daughter of Charlotte Haze, after coming to stay at her boarding house. The film is the second screen adaptation of Nabokov's novel, which was first published in 1955 and has been both admired and controversial due to its complex themes and masterful prose. The story is set in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s and explores a relationship between a man in his forties and a young girl. The film features a cast of established actors and is a notable adaptation of a classic and iconic novel.