The Cup and the Lip
1986, English. Directed by Warren Sonbert.
The Cup and the Lip is a complex and challenging picture that will stimulate adventurous filmmakers for years to come. Although its imagery is too dense, varied and fast-moving to be thoroughly parsed after one viewing, the film appears to be a regretful and perhaps sardonic essay on human frailty--and on the effort to stave off chaos by means of political and religious institutions, which carry their own dangers of social control and mental manipulation.
- Runtime
- 0h 21m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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- Released
- 20 October 1986
- Country
- United States of America
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The Cup and the Lip runs 21 minutes (0h 21m).
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The Cup and the Lip isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 20 October 1986. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
What movies are like The Cup and the Lip?
If you liked The Cup and the Lip, try Goodbye June, Bastard Out of Carolina, The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds.
Who directed The Cup and the Lip?
The Cup and the Lip (1986) was directed by Warren Sonbert.