La Belle Captive

1983

La Belle Captive

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Average Rating: 3.4/5

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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 doctor, but he only ends up locked in a bedroom with her. In the midst of their inevitable passion, visions of Magritte paintings dance in Walter's head, for some reason. In the morning, Marie-Ange is gone and Walter's neck is bleeding. ~ John Voorhees, Rovi

Rating:

NR
Genre:

Art House & International, Drama, Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Special Interest
Directed By:

Alain Robbe-Grillet
Written By:

Alain Robbe-Grillet, Frank Verpillat
In Theaters:

Feb 16, 1983 wide
On Disc/Streaming:

Mar 13, 2007
Runtime:

88 minutes
Studio:

Koch Vision

Cast

Daniel Mesguich
as Walter

Gabrielle Lazure
as Marie-Ange

Cyrielle Claire
as Sara

Daniel Emilfork
as Inspector Francis

Roland Dubillard
as Van de Reeves

François Chaumette
as Dr. Morgentodt

Arielle Dombasle

Gilles Arbona
as Barman

Michel Auclair

Cyrielle Clair

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Critic Reviews for La Belle Captive

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

A ripe, hallucinogenic field theory by Alain Robbe-Grillet

Nov 15, 2009 | Full Review…

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

Apr 5, 2008 | Rating: C+ | Full Review…

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.

Jun 8, 2007 | Full Review…

Louis Proyect
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