Destroy, She Said (1969) Détruire dit-elle
Destroy, She Said (1969)
DVDRip | AVI | 720x512 | XviD @ 1948 Kbps | 93 min | 1,37 Gb
Audio: Français MP3 @ 128 Kbps | Subtitles: English (srt)
Genre: Drama
DVDRip | AVI | 720x512 | XviD @ 1948 Kbps | 93 min | 1,37 Gb
Audio: Français MP3 @ 128 Kbps | Subtitles: English (srt)
Genre: Drama
Director: Marguerite Duras
Writer: Marguerite Duras (play)
Stars: Catherine Sellers, Michael Lonsdale, Henri Garcin
On vacation at a quiet hotel surrounded by a lush green forest, married couple Max (Henri Garcin) and Alissa (Nicole Hiss) become fast friends with two new arrivals. Elisabeth Alione (Catherine Sellers) is coping with a recent miscarriage and seems detached from her wealthy husband, Bernard (Daniel Gélin), while aspiring novelist Stein (Michael Lonsdale) grows increasingly besotted with the lovely Alissa. Renowned French novelist Marguerite Duras directed the film from her own screenplay.
"Marguerite Duras' Destroy, She Said seems to be a film out of time and out of space, but could only have been made after May, 1968 … Significantly, it is only this year that she has felt able to write and direct her own film-without any compromises … It explodes into life, and one is hypnotically captive until the end. The dramatic power of the film, and its way of haunting one for days, are not surprising; what is, however, is the degree of visual virtuosity that Mme. Duras achieves. In short, here is a 'difficult' film which more than compensates for the demands it makes on the viewer."- Richard Roud, The Guardian (Manchester)
" …Destroy. She Said is a triumph … In my estimation its glum enchantments constitute a masterpiece."- Elliott Stein, The Financial Times (London)
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Destroy, She Said (1969) Détruire dit-elle
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