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Cast
Bernard Giraudeau | As: Julien Rochelle | |
Lauren Hutton | As: Clotilde | |
Jean Bouise | As: le consul de France | |
Jean-Pierre Kalfon | As: Massard | |
Gérard Desarthe | As: Le colonel de Watteville |
Storyline
Set amid the European community in an unspecified North African country, a colony on the verge of nationalism just before the war. And colonized is what happens to a French diplomat, Julien Rochelle, when he meets the mysterious beauty Clothilde de Watteville. Schmid 's favorite axiom, that love is projection, never had such a thorough airing. Is Clothilde really the wife of a French official now holed up in Siberia? Or is she Hecate, goddess of black magic and devourer of the Arab boys she meets far from the European quarter? Only our projections know for sure; for the rest, she is a "woman looking out into the night." Drawn from a novel by Paul Morand, who based the main character on his wife Helene, Schmid's film achieves an atmosphere of magic in which psychological credibility is not so much absent as irrelevant-a film that distances itself from the drama it invokes, perhaps as the elusive Clothilde turns her back on the madness she provokes.
Tagline: | Words usually come too late |
Certification: | 16 |
Cast
Bernard Giraudeau |
Julien Rochelle |
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Lauren Hutton |
Clotilde |
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Jean Bouise |
le consul de France |
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Jean-Pierre Kalfon |
Massard |
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Gérard Desarthe |
Le colonel de Watteville |
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Juliette Brac |
Miss Henry |
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Patrick Thursfield |
L'Anglais |
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Suzanne Thau |
La tenancière du bordel |
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Raja Reinking |
La fille du bar |
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Mustapha Tsouli |
Ibrahim |
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Teco Celio |
Le capitaine Berta |
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Rose-Marie Schneider |
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Irene Staub |
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Karen Schenker-Donovan |
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Liz Panama |
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Michel Journot |
Directed By
Daniel Schmid |
Director |
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Writing Credits
Pascal Jardin |
Writer |
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Daniel Schmid |
Writer |
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Production Crew
Marcel Hoehn |
Producer |
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Pierre Héros |
Producer |
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Hans-Ulrich Jordi |
Producer |
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Bernard Lorain |
Producer |
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Bernard Lorain |
Production Manager |
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Roland Thénot |
Production Manager |
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Edited By
Nicole Lubtchansky |
Editor |
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Costume and Makeup
Ronaldo Abreu |
Makeup Artist |
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Raja Reinking |
Costume Design |
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Sound
Carlos D'Alessio |
Music |
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Visual Effects
Camera
Jean-Luc Wey |
Camera Operator |
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Renato Berta |
Director of Photography |
Lighting
Art Department
Raúl Gimenez |
Production Design |
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Other Crew
Pierre Philippe |
Thanks |
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Raúl Gimenez |
Thanks |
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Christian Gasc |
Thanks |
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Amahi Desclozeaux |
Thanks |
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Aurore Clément |
Thanks |
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