Directed by:
Marguerite DurasScreenplay:
Marguerite DurasCinematography:
Sacha ViernyComposer:
Carlos D'AlessioCast:
Claudine Gabay, Delphine Seyrig, Gérard Depardieu, François Périer, Nathalie Nell, Claude AufaurePlots(1)
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)
(more)Cast
Claudine Gabay
Best movies:
Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
Baxter, Vera Baxter (1977)
Delphine Seyrig
Lebanon
Best movies:
Gérard Depardieu
France
Best movies:
Jean de Florette (1986)
Two Men in Town (1973)
Shut Up! (2003)
François Périer
France
Best movies:
The Creation of the World (1957)
No Time for Breakfast (1976)
Nights of Cabiria (1957)
Nathalie Nell
France
Best movies:
To Die of Love (1971)
Les Risques du métier (1967)
Baxter, Vera Baxter (1977)
Claude Aufaure
France
Best movies:
L'Allée du roi (1996) (series)
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
Girl on the Bridge (1999)