Quintet (1979)

Cast

Complete credited cast:
	Paul Newman	...	Essex
	Vittorio Gassman	...	Saint Christopher
	Fernando Rey	...	Grigor
	Bibi Andersson	...	Ambrosia
	Brigitte Fossey	...	Vivia, Essex's Wife
	Nina Van Pallandt	...	Deuca
	David Langton	...	Goldstar
	Thomas Hill	...	Francha (as Tom Hill)
	Monique Mercure	...	Redstone's Mate
	Craig Richard Nelson	...	Redstone
	Maruska Stankova	...	Jaspera
	Anne Gerety	...	Aeon
	Michel Maillot	...	Obelus
	Max Fleck	...	Wood Supplier
	Françoise Berd	...	Charity house woman

Storyline

In the distant future the world is in the grip of another ice age. A city originally built to house five million people is now in its death throes as the relentlessly advancing glacier is slowly crushing the metropolis's steel infrastructure. The relatively few surviving fur-clothed inhabitants, perhaps thousands, perhaps only hundreds, drift aimlessly in their grim, drab world, awaiting their inevitable fate as they try to survive from day to day with scavenged firewood and a minimal diet. Their only solaces are booza, an alcoholic drink distilled from moss, and Quintet, a seemingly innocuous board game for six players. The only other surviving mammals are roving packs of hungry mastiffs which roam the city's corridors and quickly dispose of the remains of the dead. Newly arrived from the south is Essex with his pregnant wife Vivia, seeking shelter in the doomed city only to find it populated by people middle-aged or older... Written by duke1029@aol.com  

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