This puzzling experimental film is written and directed by Raymond Rouleau, who uses effects like changing color tones and masks to put across a drama within a dance drama. The set is a sound stage and the actors in this film are dancers on the stage, performing a mime-ballet derived from one particular legend. Both the enacted legend and the actual events affecting the dancers are parallel. The lead dancer Isa (Ludmila Tcherina) is still nursing her wounds after her first love left her to stand alone at the altar. Now one of the dancers wants to expand his relationship with Isa -- and soon after, the cad who jilted her suddenly shows up again. Tragedy follows closely behind.
Stars: Ludmilla Tchérina, René-Louis Lafforgue, Milko Sparemblek, Milenko Banovitch, Stevan Grebel, Philippe Rouleau
Crew: Raymond Rouleau (Director), Jacques Dupont (Set Decoration), Henri Sauguet (Music), René-Louis Lafforgue (Music), Claude Renoir (Cinematography), Míkis Theodorakis (Music)
Country: France
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Studio: Société Monarch
Runtime: 90 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jun 08, 1962
IMDb: 5.5
Keywords:dance, surrealism
