India Song + Q&A
Delphine Seyrig plays the bored and promiscuous wife of a French diplomat in Marguerite Duras’s Calcutta based drama, now fully restored to its original glory.
About India Song + Q&A
Special screening for the 50th anniversary of the film’s release.
Intro and Q&A in English with Dr. Alice Blackhurst (University of Edinburgh)
Delphine Seyrig plays the bored and promiscuous wife of a French diplomat (Michael Lonsdale) in Marguerite Duras’s Calcutta based drama, now fully restored to its original glory. Set in the 1930s, the tedium of her existence is relieved when she embarks on a string of affairs, all of which are known but ignored by her husband. From intense connections to brief encounters, Duras creates a world in which the off-screen voice represents the ghostly presence of a time that once was.
Director(s): Marguerite Duras
Cast: Delphine Seyrig, Michael Lonsdale, Mathieu Carrière
Country, year: France, 1975
Duration: 2h
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Language: In French with English subtitles
More information: Doors open 15 minutes before the screening
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