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Quartet (1981) [The Criterion Collection]

Posted By: MirrorsMaker
Date: 17 Oct 2022 04:39:45
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Quartet (1981) [The Criterion Collection]

Quartet (1981)
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Audio: English-Français AC3 1.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subs: English (forced+SDH)
Genre: Drama, Romance

Director: James Ivory
Writers: Jean Rhys (novel), Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (screenplay)
Stars: Alan Bates, Maggie Smith, Isabelle Adjani

Marya (Isabelle Adjani), a former chorus girl of humble origins, is gleefully living it up in the decadence of 1920s Paris until Stephan (Anthony Higgins), her art dealer husband, is convicted of theft. Broke and alone, she is taken in by H.J. (Alan Bates) and Lois Heidler (Maggie Smith), a posh and eccentric married couple who take pity on the poor girl, though they barely know her. But before long this trio will become hopelessly entangled in a treacherous love triangle.

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In the tradition of some Merchant/Ivory films… this one deals with very profound social realities for a young woman (Isabelle Adjani)in Paris in the 1920s whose husband is a thief, is jailed. She is left penniless and without means of support (has no working papers). A rather strange English couple (Maggie Smith and Alan Bates) offer her refuge… but at the price of seduction by the husband, tolerated by the artist wife, who is inordinately tied to him emotionally. The young woman's emotional and psychological state is thrown into almost unbearable ambivalance… Love for her husband whom she visits weekly in jail and the need for survival. The film's visual beauty, the lighting, the intensity of color, the evocation of the "jazz age", the cabarets, the authentic costuming, in addition to the splended acting and direction make this a film deserving of far more attention than it's received, in my opinion. A truly cinematic experience of significance.
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Quartet (1981) [The Criterion Collection]

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