A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
June 2, 1976
Original Title:
Son nom de Venise dans Calcutta désert
Alternate Titles:
Her Venetian Name in Calcutta Desert
Sein Name aus Venedig im verlassenen Kalkutta
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
Cinéma 9
Les Productions Audiovisuelles
Production Countries:
France
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 114
The full soundtrack to Marguerite Duras' 1975 film India Song, about a French ambassador's wife in 1930s India, is here repurposed with all new cinematography. As we hear all the dialogue of a bygone movie, we travel visually through images of absence and decay, bereft of life. It's the ghost of a film, and a further commentary on colonialism.
Director:
Marguerite Duras
Director of Photography:
Bruno Nuytten
Editor:
Geneviève Dufour
Music:
Carlos D'Alessio
Producer:
François Barat
Pierre Barat
Sound:
Michel Vionnet
Writer:
Marguerite Duras
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