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The Creatures

Original title: Les créatures
  • 19661966
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 32m
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6.5/10
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The Creatures (1966)
  • Drama
  • Fantasy
A young mute woman, living in a small village, is expecting a baby. Her husband is at the same time writing a novel and using the villagers as his characters. In the creative process, realit... Read allA young mute woman, living in a small village, is expecting a baby. Her husband is at the same time writing a novel and using the villagers as his characters. In the creative process, reality and imagination are constantly intertwined.A young mute woman, living in a small village, is expecting a baby. Her husband is at the same time writing a novel and using the villagers as his characters. In the creative process, reality and imagination are constantly intertwined.
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
855
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  • Director
    • Agnès Varda
  • Writer
    • Agnès Varda
  • Stars
    • Catherine Deneuve
    • Michel Piccoli
    • Eva Dahlbeck
Top credits
  • Director
    • Agnès Varda
  • Writer
    • Agnès Varda
  • Stars
    • Catherine Deneuve
    • Michel Piccoli
    • Eva Dahlbeck
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    • 5User reviews
    • 10Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 3 nominations

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    Eva Dahlbeck, Pierre Danny, and Michel Piccoli in The Creatures (1966)
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    Pierre Danny and Louis Falavigna in The Creatures (1966)

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    Catherine Deneuve
    Catherine Deneuve
    • Mylèneas Mylène
    Michel Piccoli
    Michel Piccoli
    • Edgar Piccolias Edgar Piccoli
    Eva Dahlbeck
    Eva Dahlbeck
    • Michele Quellecas Michele Quellec
    Marie-France Mignal
    • Viviane Quellecas Viviane Quellec
    Britta Pettersson
    • Lucie de Montyonas Lucie de Montyon
    Ursula Kubler
    Ursula Kubler
    • Vampas Vamp
    Jeanne Allard
    • Henrietteas Henriette
    Joëlle Gozzi
    • Suzonas Suzon
    Bernard Lajarrige
    Bernard Lajarrige
    • Doctor Desteauas Doctor Desteau
    Lucien Bodard
    • Monsieur Ducasseas Monsieur Ducasse
    Pierre Danny
    • Max Picotas Max Picot
    Louis Falavigna
    • Pierre Rolandas Pierre Roland
    Roger Dax
    Nino Castelnuovo
    Nino Castelnuovo
    • Jean Modetas Jean Modet
    Jacques Charrier
    Jacques Charrier
    • René de Montyonas René de Montyon
    • (uncredited)
    Nicole Courcel
    Nicole Courcel
      Robert Ganachaud
      • Simonas Simon
      • (uncredited)
      Marie-Thérèse Gervier
      • Dannyas Danny
      • (uncredited)
      • Director
        • Agnès Varda
      • Writer
        • Agnès Varda
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      • Quotes

        Doctor Desteau: Everything is rotten. Decadence is everywhere. Why fight it?

      • Connections
        Referenced in Chroniques de France: Chroniques de France N° 18 (1966)

      User reviews5

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      Some found this artistic...
      ..the others will think it merely arty.Like so many nouvelle vague artists,Agnès Varda tries hard here to say something "deep" "meaningful" and "of consequence".

      All Varda's qualities seem to have vanished into thin air:spontaneity,simplicity and sensitiveness,which made her beautiful "Cleo de 5 à 7" so worthwhile and so new at the beginning of the sixties.These qualities seemed to remain in the follow-up "le bonheur",but this latter work is rather unpleasant in several respects.(Mrs Alice Liddell wrote a very good IMDb comment for "le bonheur",read it and you'll know what I mean)

      In "les creatures" Varda casts Piccoli as a writer and Deneuve his mute (because of an accident)wife .The other characters are all pawns in a giant chess game.Sometimes the screen turns red ,maybe to indicate that it's not the same "player",who knows?Actually this is the kind of movie which defies analysis.

      It was the eighties before Agnès Varda was again in clover with "sans toit ni loi" and "Jacquot de Nantes".
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      • dbdumonteil
      • May 20, 2002

      Details

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      • Release date
        • December 9, 1969 (United States)
      • Countries of origin
        • France
        • Sweden
      • Language
        • French
      • Also known as
        • Kreature
      • Filming locations
        • Noirmoutier-en-l'Île, Île de Noirmoutier, Vendée, France
      • Production companies
        • Parc Film
        • Madeleine Films
        • Sandrews
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      • Budget
        • SEK 1,340,000 (estimated)
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      Technical specs

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      • Runtime
        1 hour 32 minutes
      • Color
        • Black and White
      • Sound mix
        • Mono
      • Aspect ratio
        • 2.35 : 1

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