Quartet (1981)
Directed by James Ivory

Drama / Romance

Film Synopsis

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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Film Credits

  • Director: James Ivory
  • Script: Jean Rhys (novel), Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Michel Maingois (dialogue), James Ivory
  • Cinematographer: Pierre Lhomme
  • Music: Richard Robbins
  • Cast: Alan Bates (H.J. Heidler), Maggie Smith (Lois Heidler), Isabelle Adjani (Marya 'Mado' Zelli), Anthony Higgins (Stephan Zelli), Pierre Clémenti (Théo the Pornographer), Suzanne Flon (Mme. Hautchamp), Daniel Mesguich (Pierre Schlamovitz), Sheila Gish (Anna), Armelia McQueen (Night Club Singer), 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), Dino Zanghi (Prison Guard), Michel Such (Prison Guard), Jean-Pierre Dravel (Prison Guard)
  • Country: UK / France
  • Language: English / French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 101 min

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