The Beautiful Prisoner

1983 1h 28m FR

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6.1

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★6.1TMDB · 48

DramaFantasyHorrorMystery

Synopsis

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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?

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Daniel Mesguich
Walter Raim
Gabrielle Lazure
Marie-Ange van de Reeves
Cyrielle Clair
Sara Zeitgeist
Daniel Emilfork
Inspector Francis
Roland Dubillard
Prof van de Reeves
François Chaumette
Dr. Morgentodt
Arielle Dombasle
The hysterical woman
Gilles Arbona
Le barman

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Alain Robbe-Grillet
Writers: Alain Robbe-Grillet
Languages: French
Countries: France

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RUNTIME

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88 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

ERA

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43 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Alain Robbe-Grillet, shot by Henri Alekan. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Bob Wade shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Daniel Mesguich and Gabrielle Lazure and Cyrielle Clair carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0085226 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 48 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Alain Robbe-Grillet directs. Henri Alekan behind the camera. Bob Wade cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in France. Dialogue in French.

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Things worth knowing

188 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
243 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Alain Robbe-Grillet, shot by Henri Alekan. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Bob Wade shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Daniel Mesguich and Gabrielle Lazure and Cyrielle Clair carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0085226 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 48 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.