Drama / Mystery / Music
France,
1977, 91 min
Directed by:
Marguerite DurasScreenplay:
Marguerite DurasCinematography:
Sacha ViernyComposer:
Carlos D'AlessioCast:
Claudine Gabay, Delphine Seyrig, Gérard Depardieu, François Périer, Nathalie Nell, Claude AufaureVOD (2)
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Marguerite Duras reunited with India Song collaborators Delphine Seyrig and composer Carlos d’Alessio for this hypnotically unsettling journey into one woman’s existential emptiness. Ensconced in a sprawling rental villa, the world-weary Vera Baxter (Claudine Gabay) receives visits from two women, including a mysterious stranger (Seyrig) to whom she recounts a shocking story about her marriage, the way she lives, and the reasons for her malaise. Setting her languid images to d’Alessio’s incongruously breezy, endlessly looping score, Duras fashions a quietly shattering portrait of marriage as a kind of prison. (Criterion)
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USA
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