Les Creatures (1966)
Directed by Agnès Varda
Genres - Drama, Fantasy, Mystery |
Sub-Genres - Psychological Drama |
Release Date - Dec 9, 1969 (USA) |
Run Time - 90 min. |
Countries - France |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Andrea LeVasseur
French New Wave filmmaker Agnes Varda writes and directs the intellectual drama Les Creatures. Michel Piccoli plays a novelist who gets in a severe car accident. He is injured and his wife (Catherine Deneuve) is rendered mute. They move to a small village on an island in order to recuperate, and for the husband to write his novel. He uses characters based on the townsfolk on the island. He meets a young man (Jacques Charrier) who is building a machine. They play chess and engage in a violent fight. The wife gives birth and regains her speech, and it is apparent that the young man only existed in the husband's imagination. The conclusion involves a futher distortion of fantasy and reality as the writer finishes his novel.
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accident, book, car, disfigurement, fantasy, France, injury, pregnancy, reality, recovery [health], seaside, townspeople, trauma, vacation