La prisonnière
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Henri-georges Clouzot
Laurent Terzieff
Bernard Fresson
Elisabeth Wiener
Dany Carrel
Dario Moreno
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Synopsis
Stanislas Hassler is the owner of a fashionable art gallery in Paris. While exhibiting the work of sculptor Gilbert Moreau, Hassler invites Gilbert's mistress Jose to his apartment and shows her some of his photographs, including one of a naked woman bound in chains. Although unnerved to discover that Hassler's avocation is sadomasochistic photography, Jose cannot erase the image from her mind, and eventually she persuades Hassler to let her observe him work. As Hassler demands that his nude model strike numerous poses simulating erotic bondage, Jose becomes so distraught that she leaves. Bored with her life with Gilbert, however, and fascinated by Hassler's obsession, she later offers to pose for him. Reduced to total submission, Jose lies to Gilbert about her frequent absences and accepts without question Hassler's humiliating arrogance. Hoping to disprove Gilbert's charge that Hassler is impotent, Jose accompanies him to a seaside resort and succeeds in seducing him. Their idyll ends abruptly when Hassler discovers a photograph of himself and Jose taken by a street photographer. Upon learning the details of Jose's affair, Gilbert goes to Hassler's and finds him standing on the roof of his apartment building. Realizing that Hassler wants to be pushed to his death, Gilbert denies him an escape from reality and pulls him back from the ledge. Meanwhile, Jose, who is convinced that she has lost both men, drives off in her car, stalls on a railroad crossing, and is gravely injured in a crash. When Gilbert visits her at the hospital, she is delirious and only murmurs Hassler's name.
Director
Henri-georges Clouzot
Cast
Laurent Terzieff
Bernard Fresson
Elisabeth Wiener
Dany Carrel
Dario Moreno
Daniel Rivière
Michel Etcheverry
Claude Pieplu
Noëlle Adam
Gilberte Géniat
Michel Piccoli
Charles Vanel
André Luguet
Annie Fargue
Germaine Delbat
Crew
Dominique Amy
Gilbert Amy
Noëlle Balenci
Henri-georges Clouzot
Pierre Darcay
Michel Deruelle
Robert Dorfmann
Jean-louis Ducarme
Sonya Mays Friedman
Claude Hauser
Monique Lange
Joseph E. Levine
Robert Menegoz
Marcel Moussy
Raymond Picon Borel
Jacques Saulnier
William Sivel
Stein-yvaral
Andréas Winding
Serge Witta
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Opened in Paris in November 1968; running time: 110 min. Italian title: La prigioniera. Also known as The Female Prisoner.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in France November 1968
c Eastmancolor
9594 feet
rtg BBFC X
dubbed
Re-released in Paris September 26, 1990.
Released in France November 1968
