Summary
Marya and Stephan are a young couple who live the Bohemian artist life
in Montparnasse of the 1920s. Their happy idyll ends when Stephan
is arrested for receiving stolen works of art. Marya then meets
up with a couple of wealthy art enthusiasts and becomes corrupted by
their hedonistic lifestyle...
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Credits
- Director: James Ivory
- Script: Jean Rhys, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Michel Maingois, James Ivory
- Photo: Pierre Lhomme
- Music: Richard Robbins
- Cast: Alan Bates (H.J. Heidler), Maggie Smith (Lois Heidler), Isabelle Adjani (Marya Zelli), Anthony Higgins (Stephan Zelli), Pierre Clémenti (Théo the Pornographer), Suzanne Flon (Mme. Hautchamp), Daniel Mesguich (Pierre Schlamovitz), Sheila Gish (Anna), Wiley Wood (Cairn), Virginie Thévenet (Madmoiselle Chardin), Daniel Chatto (Guy), Bernice Stegers (Miss Nicholson), Paulita Sedgwick (Esther), Sébastien Floche (Edouard Hautchamp), Isabelle Canto da Maya (Cri-Cri), François Viaur (Lefranc)
- Country: UK / France
- Language: English / French
- Runtime: 101 min
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