Drama ·Fantasy ·Horror ·Mystery · France · 1983 · 1h 28m

The Beautiful Prisoner

La Belle Captive

Director

Cast

Daniel Mesguich as Walter Raim Gabrielle Lazure as Marie-Ange van de Reeves Cyrielle Clair as Sara Zeitgeist Daniel Emilfork as Inspector Francis Roland Dubillard as Prof van de Reeves François Chaumette as Dr. Morgentodt

Crew

Henri Alekan — Director of Photography Bob Wade — Editor Alain Robbe-Grillet — Writer Anatole Dauman — Producer Aimé Deudé — Production Design Piet Bolscher — Costume Design

Synopsis

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. In the morning, the girl, Marie-Ange, has vanished, the villa looks derelict, and his neck is bleeding. Was it all just a nightmare?

Trailer

Official Trailer youtube.com

Mood & Themes

dreams magritte

Key Collaborators

Alain Robbe-Grillet Director Henri Alekan Director of Photography Bob Wade Editor Alain Robbe-Grillet Writer Anatole Dauman Producer Aimé Deudé Production Design Piet Bolscher Costume Design

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