The Colour of Words

Jean Mascolo
1984-06-12


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63 min

This afterword to India Song (Duras' celebrated 1975 film) is organized in several parts. It begins with an interview to Marguerite Duras by Dominique Noguez, an expert in her work; the interview links the film to the two movies whom it's related to: The Ravishment of Lol V. Stein and The Vice-Consul. Several themes are tackled: childhood, autobiographical traces, relationships between differents characters and different films and more. India Song's main actors — Delphine Seyrig and Michael Lonsdale, who played Anne-Marie Stretter and the French vice-consul — join the conversation and talk about their roles and their craft. Marguerite Duras then evokes her memories of the shooting with the composer Carlos D'Alessio and her camera operato Bruno Nuytten. The conversations are punctuated by clips of the film.

Cast

Name Character Team
Marguerite Duras Self Unowned
Dominique Noguez Interviewer, Self Unowned
Delphine Seyrig Self Unowned
Carlos D'Alessio Self Unowned
Bruno Nuytten Self Unowned
Michael Lonsdale Self Unowned