Movie Description
Hécate
(1982)Overview
Set amid the European community in an unspecified North African country, a colony on the verge of nationalism just before the war. And colonized is what happens to a French diplomat, Julien Rochelle, when he meets the mysterious beauty Clothilde de Watteville. Schmid 's favorite axiom, that love is projection, never had such a thorough airing. Is Clothilde really the wife of a French official now holed up in Siberia? Or is she Hecate, goddess of black magic and devourer of the Arab boys she meets far from the European quarter? Only our projections know for sure; for the rest, she is a "woman looking out into the night." Drawn from a novel by Paul Morand, who based the main character on his wife Helene, Schmid's film achieves an atmosphere of magic in which psychological credibility is not so much absent as irrelevant-a film that distances itself from the drama it invokes, perhaps as the elusive Clothilde turns her back on the madness she provokes.
Featured Crew
- Director : Daniel Schmid
- Producer : Pierre Héros,Marcel Hoehn,Hans-Ulrich Jordi,Bernard Lorain
- Writer : Pascal Jardin,Daniel Schmid
- Editor : Nicole Lubtchansky
- Cast : Bernard Giraudeau,Lauren Hutton,Jean Bouise,Jean-Pierre Kalfon,Gérard Desarthe,Juliette Brac,Patrick Thursfield,Suzanne Thau,Raja Reinking,Mustapha Tsouli,Teco Celio,Rose-Marie Schneider,Irene Staub,Karen Schenker-Donovan,Liz Panama,Michel Journot
Cast
Julien Rochelle
Clotilde
le consul de France
Massard
Le colonel de Watteville
Miss Henry
L'Anglais
La tenancière du bordel
La fille du bar
Ibrahim
Le capitaine Berta
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Facts
Original TitleHécate
Status Released
Release Information
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1982-10-22
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 01h 45m
Production CompaniesLes Productions Audiovisuelles,TSR,TF1 Films Production
Genres
- Drama
- Romance
