Bobby Deerfield

Any mistake and he dies! A blink, a twitch, a split second lapse and the Formula One car he drives crosses death's finish line. So a daredevil racer buries his feelings and forgets his past - until a reckless, passionate woman - also living in death's shadow shows him life's possibilities to the fullest.

Al Pacino (The Godfather) pilots a rare romantic screen role in this thoughtful, haunting love story set against the danger and spectacle of European and Grand Prix auto racing. Marthe Keller (Marathon Man) movingly portrays the woman who teaches Bobby the wisdom of the heart. As crafted by two Academy Award winners, screenwriter Alvin Sargent (Julia) and director Sydney Pollack (Out of Africa), and based on the novel Heaven Has No Favorites by Erich Maria Remarque, this tender and bittersweet movie is a world class romantic champion.