India Song (1975)

Director:

Marguerite Duras

Writer:

Marguerite Duras

Stars:

Delphine Seyrig, Michael Lonsdale, Mathieu Carrière

3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Delphine Seyrig	...	Anne-Marie Stretter
Michael Lonsdale	...	Le vice-consul de Lahore (as Michel Lonsdale)
Mathieu Carrière	...	L'attaché d'ambassade allemand
Claude Mann	...	Michael Richardson
Vernon Dobtcheff	...	Georges Crawn
Didier Flamand	...	Le jeune invité
Claude Juan	...	Le domestique / Servant
Satasinh Manila	...	Voix de la mendiante (voice)
Nicole Hiss	...	Voix intemporelle (voice)
Monique Simonet	...	Voix intemporelle (voice)
Viviane Forrester	...	Voix intemporelle (voice)
Dionys Mascolo	...	Voix intemporelle (voice)
Marguerite Duras	...	Voix intemporelle (voice)
Françoise Lebrun	...	Voix de la réception (voice)
Benoît Jacquot	...	Voix de la réception (voice)

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

love affair | india | place name in title | country name in title | title directed by female | 

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Genres:

Drama | Fantasy | Romance

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Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

4 June 1975 (France)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Les Films Armorial, Sunchild Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

120 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Although set in India, the entire film was shot outside of Paris.

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Connections

Referenced in La couleur des mots (1984)

User Reviews

Jouissance féminine

This film is a landmark in feminine avant-garde aesthetics. Because of its painfully slow rhythm throughout the film, the spectator is forced to take a certain distance and a critical position to the way the film has been constructed: she/he can no longer reconcile with an illusion pretending to reflect the world as we are used to seeing it being represented ( > conventional aesthetics of cinema ), but is on the contrary obliged to take an active, intellectual position thinking about the narrative structure of this work of art - and furthermore - what might this characteristic of the film represent. In fact, the slow rhythm along with the sensual colours, shapes, perfumes and sounds transmitted through the film could easily be seen to reflect Duras'conception of "jouissance féminine".