The read
It runs a compact 1h 24m.
Synopsis
This puzzling experimental film is written and directed by Raymond Rouleau, who uses effects like changing color tones and masks to put across a drama within a dance drama. The set is a sound stage and the actors in this film are dancers on the stage, performing a mime-ballet derived from one particular legend. Both the enacted legend and the actual events affecting the dancers are parallel. The lead dancer Isa (Ludmila Tcherina) is still nursing her wounds after her first love left her to stand alone at the altar. Now one of the dancers wants to expand his relationship with Isa -- and soon after, the cad who jilted her suddenly shows up again. Tragedy follows closely behind.
Ratings
IMDb8.1/10
5 audience votes
Key crew
- Raymond RouleauDirector
- Raymond RouleauScreenplay
- Henri SauguetOriginal Music Composer
- Míkis TheodorakisOriginal Music Composer
- René-Louis LafforgueOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Ludmilla TchérinaIsa
- René-Louis LafforgueHuckster
- Milko SparemblekManuel
- Milenko BanovitchDiego
- Stevan GrebelGrebelito
- Philippe RouleauLover
- Antoine MarinPablo
- Max DoriaCast
- Jeanne Herviale(uncredited)
- Luce FabioleCast
- Bernadette SternLover
- Marcel RouzéCast
Stills
Themes
dancesurrealism