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GARDIVA

by Alain Robbe-Grillet

synopsis

John Locke, an art historian, is doing research on Orientalism in the visual arts — with a particular focus on Delacroix and the work he did in Morocco. He meets Anatoli, an alleged antiques dealer and coordinator of Orientalism exhibitions for perverse amateurs. John is drawn into this web of sado-erotic phantasms by Anatoli and the pseudo-ghost of the too-beautiful woman, without realizing that he’s being manipulated.

international title: Gardiva
original title: C'est Gradiva qui vous appelle
country: France, Belgium
sales agent: Wide Management
year: 2006
genre: fiction
directed by: Alain Robbe-Grillet
film run: 110'
release date: FR 09/05/2007
screenplay: Alain Robbe-Grillet
cast: Arielle Dombasle, James Wilby, Dany Verissimo, Pascal Judelewicz, James Wilby, Arielle Dombasle, Dany Verissimo, Farid Chopel, Farida Khelfa, Pascal Judelewicz
cinematography by: Dominique Colin
art director: Yann Dury, Daniel Bevan
costumes designer: Claire Gérard-Hirne, Rokia
producer: Pascal Judelewicz, Bernard-Henry Lévy, Kristian Larsen
production: Les Films du Lendemain, Acajou Films, Z. Company, Arte France Cinema
distributor: Zootrope Films

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