India Song

India Song

114 mins | Drama, Romance | June 4, 1975

India, 1937. Anne-Marie Stretter is the wife of the French ambassador and leads a solitary yet privileged life in Calcutta. The tedium of her existence is relieved by numerous illicit love affairs with government officials, young men who find her an object of desire and fascination. The Vice Consul is driven insane by his love for her and, expelled from the ambassador’s palace, cries like a sick animal. Life continues for Anne-Marie Stretter, the same tedious existence…

India Song

114 mins | Drama, Romance | June 4, 1975

India Song
India, 1937. Anne-Marie Stretter is the wife of the French ambassador and leads a solitary yet privileged life in Calcutta. The tedium of her existence is relieved by numerous illicit love affairs with government officials, young men who find her an object of desire and fascination. The Vice Consul is driven insane by his love for her and, expelled from the ambassador’s palace, cries like a sick animal. Life continues for Anne-Marie Stretter, the same tedious existence…
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers Sunchild Productions, Les Films Armorial
Original title India Song
Directors Rita Zizka, Geneviève Dufour, Nicole-Lise Bernheim, Jean Mascolo, Benoît Jacquot, Marguerite Duras
Writers Marguerite Duras

Cast

Delphine Seyrig

as Anne-Marie Stretter

Michael Lonsdale

as Le Vice-Consul de Lahore

Mathieu Carrière

as L'Attaché d'Ambassade Allemand

Claude Mann

as Michael Richardson

Vernon Dobtcheff

as Georges Crawn

Didier Flamand

as Le Jeune Invité

Claude Juan

as Le Domestique / Servant

Satasinh Manila

as Voix de la Mendiante (voice)

Nicole Hiss

as Voix Intemporelle (voice)

Monique Simonet

as Voix Intemporelle (voice)

Viviane Forrester

as Voix Intemporelle (voice)

Dionys Mascolo

as Voix Intemporelle (voice)

Marguerite Duras

as Voix Intemporelle (voice)

Françoise Lebrun

as Voix de la Réception (voice)

Benoît Jacquot

as Voix de la Réception (voice)

Nicole-Lise Bernheim

as Voix de la Réception (voice)

Kevork Kutudjan

as Voix de la Réception (voice)

Daniel Dobbels

as Voix de la Réception (voice)

Jean-Claude Biette

as Voix de la Réception (voice)

Marie Odile Briot

as Voix de la Réception (voice)

Pascal Kané

as Voix de la Réception (voice)