Les créatures
Cast & Crew
Agnès Varda
Catherine Deneuve
Michel Piccoli
Eva Dahlbeck
Jacques Charrier
Nino Castelnuovo
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Edgar, a novelist, is scarred, and his pregnant wife, Mylène, is left mute as a result of an automobile accident caused by his speeding. They go to live on the Île de Noirmoutier, and here Edgar begins to write a novel in which the townspeople are depicted. An old recluse who lives in a tower is represented as manipulating the actions of the residents; he manufactures iron disks, which, when placed in the clothing of his subjects, allow him to stimulate their primitive instincts. Edgar, who expresses "confidence in humanity," goes to the tower and enters into a contest with the proprietor. They draw cards bearing the townspeople's likenesses and wrestle over their fates by throwing dice, manipulating them on a television chessboard. On the verge of losing the game, Edgar destroys the equipment. Soon afterwards, the old man dies, and the complications in the lives of the subjects are resolved by love. Edgar's novel nears completion, and Mylène, her muteness cured, has her baby.
Director
Agnès Varda
Cast
Catherine Deneuve
Michel Piccoli
Eva Dahlbeck
Jacques Charrier
Nino Castelnuovo
Ursula Kubler
Britta Pettersson
Louis Falavigna
Marie-france Mignal
Bernard Lajarrige
Pierre Danny
Alain Roy
Lucien Bodard
Jeanne Allard
Roger Dax
Crew
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Paris opening: September 1966; running time: 100 min; Malmö opening: October 1966 as Varelserna. Original running time: 105 min.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1965
Released in United States 1966
Released in United States 1967
Released in United States September 15, 1966
Shown at 1966 Venice Film Festival.
Shown at 1967 London Film Festival.
Shown at New York Film Festival September 15, 1966.
Franscope
Released in United States 1965
Released in United States 1966 (Shown at 1966 Venice Film Festival.)
Released in United States 1967 (Shown at 1967 London Film Festival.)
Released in United States September 15, 1966 (Shown at New York Film Festival September 15, 1966.)
