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Leicester – Phoenix
November 5, 2023 @ 17:15
Marguerite Duras’s most celebrated work is a mesmerising experience with few stylistic precedents in the history of cinema.
Within the insular walls of a lavish, decaying embassy in 1930s India, the French ambassador’s wife (Delphine Seyrig) staves off ennui through affairs with multiple men – with the overpowering torpor broken only by a startling eruption of madness.
"The film’s supremely unhurried pacing permits us to luxuriate in each image. "
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