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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.
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- verified Status: Released
- calendar_month Release Date: 1982-10-22
- video_camera_front Companies Les Productions Audiovisuelles, TSR, TF1 Films Production
- timer Runtime: 105 Mins
- star Rating: 5.7 / 10
- favorite Likes: 11 Likes
- info IMDB ID tt0082510
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smart_display Cast
Bernard Giraudeau
Julien Rochelle
Lauren Hutton
Clotilde
Jean Bouise
le consul de France
Jean-Pierre Kalfon
Massard
Gérard Desarthe
Le colonel de Watteville
Juliette Brac
Miss Henry
Patrick Thursfield
L'Anglais
Suzanne Thau
La tenancière du bordel
Raja Reinking
La fille du bar
Mustapha Tsouli
Ibrahim
Teco Celio
Le capitaine Berta
Rose-Marie Schneider
Irene Staub
Karen Schenker-Donovan
Liz Panama
Michel Journot
groups Crew
Daniel Schmid
Director
Marcel Hoehn
Producer
Pierre Héros
Producer
Hans-Ulrich Jordi
Producer
Bernard Lorain
Producer
Carlos D'Alessio
Music
Nicole Lubtchansky
Editor
Raúl Gimenez
Production Design
Ronaldo Abreu
Makeup Artist
Bernard Lorain
Production Manager
Roland Thénot
Production Manager
Pierre Philippe
Thanks
Raúl Gimenez
Thanks
Christian Gasc
Thanks
Amahi Desclozeaux
Thanks
Aurore Clément
Thanks
Raja Reinking
Costume Design
Jean-Luc Wey
Camera Operator
Pascal Jardin
Writer
Daniel Schmid
Writer
Renato Berta
Director of Photography
Paul Morand
Original Story
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