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The Beautiful Prisoner

5.7

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Original title

La Belle Captive

Year

1983

Running time

90 min.

Country

France

Director

Alain Robbe-Grillet

Screenwriter

Alain Robbe-Grillet, Franck Verpillat

Cast

Cinematography

Henri Alekan

Producer

Argos Films, France 3 (FR 3)

Genre

Fantasy. Mystery. Drama | Surrealism. Experimental Cinema. Erotic. Painting

Synopsis

An exercise in blending fantasy, art and reality using an erotic thriller as a backdrop. This fetish of a movie doesn't develop a plot but focuses on objects, pieces of events and memories, and fantasy women, all inspired by tantalizing paintings by Rene Magritte and recreating their effect on our brains and perceptions.

Walter is told by his boss, Sara, to deliver an urgent letter to Henri de Corinthe. On the way he finds a beautiful woman he had been eying in a nightclub, lying in the road, bound up. He takes her to a villa to get a doctor, and ends up being locked in a bedroom with her. While she is making love to him, he has visions of surrealistic images from René Magritte's paintings.

Awards: 1983: Berlin Film Festival: Official Selection

1983: Avoriaz International Fantastic Film Festival: nominated to Grand Prix (Best Film).

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The Beautiful Prisoner

1983

Alain Robbe-Grillet

5.7

(135)