India Song
India Song is a 1975 French drama film written and directed by Marguerite Duras. It stars Delphine Seyrig, Michael Lonsdale, Mathieu Carrière, Claude Mann, Vernon Dobtcheff, Didier Flamand and Claude Juan. The film centres on Anne-Marie (Seyrig), the promiscuous wife of the French ambassador in India, and was based on an unproduced play written by Duras (which itself was based on her published novel Le Vice-Consul). Although set in India, the film was shot mostly on location at the Château Rothschild. It was selected as the French entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the 48th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.
Plot
Anne-Marie Stretter (Delphine Seyrig) is the wife of the French ambassador in India in the 1930s. With the full knowledge of the French ambassador, Anne-Marie has many affairs while the world they inhabit decays from the inside out. The Vice-Consul of Lahore (Michael Lonsdale) discusses a love affair with her, one that is impossible due to an earlier scandal where he fired on lepers, mirrors and himself. Anne-Marie finally succeeds in the suicide they had initially attempted many years before.
More details
author | Marguerite Duras |
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contentLocation | Kolkata |
director | Marguerite Duras |
editor | Solange Leprince |
genre | drama |
keywords | love affair |
musicBy | Carlos d'Alessio |
nomination | César Award for Best Actress César Award for Best Music Written for a Film International Submission to the Academy Awards |
producer | Stephane Tchalgadileff |
productionCompany | Les Films Armorial Sunchild Productions |
publisher | Les Films Armorial |