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The Beautiful Prisoner

The Beautiful Prisoner

19836.11h 28m

Overview

Walter is told by his boss, Sara, to deliver an urgent letter to Henri de Corinthe. On the way he finds a beautiful woman he had been eying in a nightclub, lying in the road, bound up. He takes her to a villa to get a doctor, and ends up being locked in a bedroom with her. While she is making love to him, he has visions of surrealistic images from René Magritte's paintings. In the morning, the girl, Marie-Ange, has vanished, the villa looks derelict, and his neck is bleeding. Was it all just a nightmare?

Directed by Alain Robbe-Grillet
Written by Alain Robbe-Grillet, Frank Verpillat
Produced by Anatole Dauman
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Daniel Mesguich

Daniel Mesguich

Walter Raim

Gabrielle Lazure

Gabrielle Lazure

Marie-Ange van de Reeves

Cyrielle Clair

Cyrielle Clair

Sara Zeitgeist

Daniel Emilfork

Daniel Emilfork

Inspector Francis

Roland Dubillard

Roland Dubillard

Prof van de Reeves

François Chaumette

François Chaumette

Dr. Morgentodt

Arielle Dombasle

Arielle Dombasle

The hysterical woman

Gilles Arbona

Gilles Arbona

Le barman

Jean-Claude Leguay

Jean-Claude Leguay

Le cycliste

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Nancy van Slyke

La serveuse

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dreamsmagritte

About The Beautiful Prisoner

The Beautiful Prisoner is a drama, fantasy, horror, mystery film released in 1983 exploring themes of dreams, magritte. Directed by Alain Robbe-Grillet, it stars Daniel Mesguich, Gabrielle Lazure, Cyrielle Clair. Walter is told by his boss, Sara, to deliver an urgent letter to Henri de Corinthe. On the way he finds a beautiful woman he had been eying in a nightclub, lying in the road, bound up. He takes her to a villa to get a doctor, and ends up being locked in a bedroom with her. While she is making love to him, he has visions of surrealistic images from René Magritte's paintings. In the morning, the girl, Marie-Ange, has vanished, the villa looks derelict, and his neck is bleeding. Was it all just a nightmare?

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