La Belle Captive (1983)

tomatometer

All Critics
Top Critics

No Score Yet...

Average Rating: N/A
Critic Reviews: 3
Fresh: 2 | Rotten: 1

No Reviews Yet...

Release Date: Feb 16, 1983 Wide

audience

liked it
Average Rating: 3.3/5
User Ratings: 159

My Rating

Added to your Facebook Timeline. — undo

Movie Info

This French film has a plot that sounds like an expansion of an urban legend. Walter (Daniel Mesguich) and Sara (Cyrielle Claire) are a married couple who have just moved into a new home together. Everything seems to be going well, despite Walter's fascination with a mysterious woman named Marie-Ange (Gabrielle Lazure) in a nightclub. Then one night, running an errand for Sara, Walter finds Marie-Ange tied up in the middle of the road. He takes her to the nearest villa, hoping to contact a

Unrated, 1 hr. 28 min.

Drama, Art House & International, Special Interest

Directed By: Alain Robbe-Grillet

In Theaters: Feb 16, 1983 Wide

On DVD: Mar 13, 2007

Koch Vision

La Belle Captive Trailer & Photos

Cast

Critic Reviews for La Belle Captive

All Critics (3) | Fresh (2) | Rotten (1) | DVD (2)

A ripe, hallucinogenic field theory by Alain Robbe-Grillet

November 15, 2009 Full Review Source: CinePassion

| Comment

Fernando F. Croce

CinePassion

Trying to make sense out of this film is like waiting for a dwarf to grow.

April 5, 2008 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

| Comment

Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Surrealist curiosity directed by Robbe-Grillet. Has the effect overall of a Ridley Scott Chanel commercial. Will certainly hold one's attention even if the plot is incomprehensible.

June 8, 2007 Full Review Source: rec.arts.movies.reviews

| Comment

Louis Proyect

rec.arts.movies.reviews

More Critic Reviews

Audience Reviews for La Belle Captive

View All

One way to describe this movie as "bizarre" (which is kind of funny as being French-language film, you actually hear the characters use the word on a few occasions). The story (if you can call it that) develops in a dream-like fashion, kind of like a David Lynch movie. Nothing really makes sense, but is it really

March 20, 2011