Directed by:
Alain Robbe-GrilletScreenplay:
Alain Robbe-GrilletCinematography:
Yves LafayeCast:
Jean-Louis Trintignant, Philippe Noiret, Anicée Alvina, Philippe Ogouz, Agostina Belli, Sylvia Kristel, Jacques Seiler, Antoine Fontaine (more)Plots(1)
When Carolina, the daughter of wealthy banker Georges de Saxe, is reported kidnapped, it is upsetting to him even though he knows it isn't true. The kidnappers have taken the wrong person. The banker hires Frantz a disheveled, seedy detective to find his daughter and hide her safely away. She soon finds herself in a fantasy-land whorehouse, where all kinds of extreme perversions are routinely practiced. There, a near-double of her father whips and then seduces her. Eventually, she and the private eye escape or leave, having extorted the kidnapping money from the girl's father. (Cult Epics)
(more)Cast
Jean-Louis Trintignant
France
Best movies:
Three Colours: Red (1994)
A Man and a Woman (1966)
The Easy Life (1962)
Philippe Noiret
France
Best movies:
Agence matrimoniale (1952)
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The Old Gun (1975)
Anicée Alvina
France
Best movies:
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Friends (1971)
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Philippe Ogouz
France
Best movies:
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Tintin and the Temple of the Sun (1969)
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Agostina Belli
Italy
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The Violent Four (1968)
Sylvia Kristel
Netherlands
Best movies:
Mysteries (1978)
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Jacques Seiler
France
Best movies:
The Fighting Musketeers (1961)
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Stadium Nuts (1972)
Antoine Fontaine
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Pierre-André Boutang
France
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Christine Boisson
France
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Serge Marquand
France
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Vernon Dobtcheff
France
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Charles Millot
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
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The Sleeping Car Murders (1965)
Jean-Louis Tristan
France
Best movies:
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Robert Favart
Egypt
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Virginie Vignon
Best movies:
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Marc Mazza
France
Best movies:
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Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
France
Best movies:
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Orpheus (1950)
L'Immortelle (1963)
Michel Berto
France
Best movies:
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The Seventh Company Outdoors (1977)
The Three Brothers (1995)
Joëlle Coeur
Best movies:
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