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Hécate

Hécate

(1982)

Overview

Set amid the European community in an unspecified North African country, a colony on the verge of nationalism just before the war. And colonized is what happens to a French diplomat, Julien Rochelle, when he meets the mysterious beauty Clothilde de Watteville. Schmid 's favorite axiom, that love is projection, never had such a thorough airing. Is Clothilde really the wife of a French official now holed up in Siberia? Or is she Hecate, goddess of black magic and devourer of the Arab boys she meets far from the European quarter? Only our projections know for sure; for the rest, she is a "woman looking out into the night." Drawn from a novel by Paul Morand, who based the main character on his wife Helene, Schmid's film achieves an atmosphere of magic in which psychological credibility is not so much absent as irrelevant-a film that distances itself from the drama it invokes, perhaps as the elusive Clothilde turns her back on the madness she provokes.

Featured Crew

  1. Director : Daniel Schmid
  2. Producer : Marcel Hoehn,Pierre Héros,Hans-Ulrich Jordi,Bernard Lorain
  3. Writer : Pascal Jardin,Daniel Schmid
  4. Editor : Nicole Lubtchansky
  5. Cast : Bernard Giraudeau,Lauren Hutton,Jean Bouise,Jean-Pierre Kalfon,Gérard Desarthe,Juliette Brac,Patrick Thursfield,Suzanne Thau,Raja Reinking,Mustapha Tsouli,Teco Celio,Rose-Marie Schneider,Irene Staub,Karen Schenker-Donovan,Liz Panama,Michel Journot

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Original TitleHécate

Status Released

Release Information

  • 1982-10-22

Original LanguageUnknown

Runtime 01h 45m

Production CompaniesLes Productions Audiovisuelles,TSR,TF1 Films Production

Genres

  • Drama
  • Romance

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