La Belle Captive (1983)
Genre: Mystery / Fantasy
Duration: 90 minuten
Alternative title: The Beautiful Prisoner
Country:
France
Directed by: Alain Robbe-Grillet
Stars: Daniel Mesguich, Gabrielle Lazure and Cyrielle Clair
IMDb score:
6,3 (1.554)
Releasedate: 16 February 1983
La Belle Captive plot
Walter receives an urgent order from his boss, Sara, to deliver a letter to Henri de Corinthe. On the way he finds a beautiful woman who is tied up by the road. He takes her to a village to find a doctor for her. Once there, he is locked in a room with her. The next morning the woman appears to have disappeared, the village appears to be deserted and blood is pouring from his neck...
Actors and actresses
Walter Raim
Marie-Ange van de Reeves
Sara Zeitgeist
Inspector Francis
Prof van de Reeves
Dr. Morgentodt
The hysterical woman
Reviews & comments
wibro
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- 11590 messages
- 4098 votes
This is already the seventh film I have seen by Robbe-Grillet, and also by far his weakest. This film simply failed to captivate me. Visually, it also offered so little. I missed those beautiful erotic scenes like in "L'Éden et Après (1970)," which remains his finest film to me. The dance scene at the beginning was quite beautiful, though. It immediately reminded me of a similar dance scene in "L'Année Dernière à Marienbad (1961)," a film directed by Alain Resnais, admittedly, but based on a screenplay by Robbe-Grillet.
So, "La Belle Captive" is a disappointing film. The next and final film by this director on my schedule is "Gradiva," a film from which I don't expect much given the low average rating.
2.0*
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blurp194
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- 5624 messages
- 4273 votes
Crazy stuff.
Yes, the surreal atmosphere is skillfully portrayed, but the little voice in the back of my head complains that it is also barely distinguishable from a standard, overpretentious piece of work by a first-year film student. Yes, the ladies are beautiful, but we get to see disappointingly little of them. Arielle Dombasle, in particular, appears only very briefly.
Certainly one of the most beautiful names of a movie character ever Sara Zeitgeist.
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