Luthar on Instagram: ""Can obsession ever be mistaken for love?" In the hauntingly beautiful 1997 adaptation of Lolita, director Adrian Lyne brings to life the controversial and complex tale of Humbert Humbert — a literature professor whose obsession with 14-year-old Dolores "Lolita" Haze spirals into a dark web of desire, manipulation, and heartbreak. Set against a backdrop of 1940s Americana, the film explores the blurred lines between passion and perversion, charm and control, love and posses