'' Torrents of Spring '' is a 1989 British-French-Italian drama film written and directed by Jerzy Skolimowski and starring Timothy Hutton , Nastassja Kinski and Valeria Golino . It is based on the novel of the same name by Ivan Turgenev . Set in 1840 , the film follows a young Russian aristocrat , Dimitri Sanin , who is torn between the love of a beautiful German pastry-shop girl , Gemma Rosselli , and a Russian seductress , Princess Maria Nikolaevna . The film competed for the Golden Palm Award at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival
1989 Cannes Film Festival
1989 Cannes Film Festival
Torrents of Spring (film)