La Salamandre
Brief Synopsis
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Two men, arty though somewhat staid, are drawn to the spirited and quixotic Rosemonde, a young working-class woman whom they meet because they're writing a teleplay about a minor but curious event in which either her uncle was wounded while cleaning his rifle or she shot him. Pierre is a free-lance journalist hired to write the script; he's short of time so he asks a Bohemian poet friend, Paul, to help. Pierre wants facts and tracks down Rosemonde for interviews that lead to other explorations; Paul only wants to imagine her and needs little more than her name to do so. But he does meet her, and she entangles him, too. Did she cause the shooting? Is she venomous or innocent?
Cast & Crew
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Alain Tanner
Director
Bulle Ogier
Rosemonde
Jean-luc Bideau
Pierre
Jacques Denis
Paul
Veronique Alain
Daniel Stuffel
Film Details
Also Known As
Salamander, The, Salamandre
Genre
Comedy
Foreign
Release Date
1971
Distribution Company
New Yorker Films; New Yorker Films
Technical Specs
Duration
2h 5m
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White
Synopsis
The story of Rosemonde, an eccentric young woman who may have tried to kill her uncle, and the two men writing a screenplay about her. Paul relies upon his intuition, whereas Pierre prefers to work from facts, but they both discover that the more they learn about this mysterious, one-of-a-kind woman, the more they are drawn to her.
Director
Alain Tanner
Director
Film Details
Also Known As
Salamander, The, Salamandre
Genre
Comedy
Foreign
Release Date
1971
Distribution Company
New Yorker Films; New Yorker Films
Technical Specs
Duration
2h 5m
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White
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Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1971
Released in United States on Video October 5, 1994
Released in United States 1971
Released in United States on Video October 5, 1994
