June 2, 1976
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Son nom de Venise dans Calcutta désert (1976)

Name: Son nom de Venise dans Calcutta désert
Genre: Drama
Released: 1976-06-02

1h 54m

Running Time

June 2, 1976
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Plot.

The full soundtrack to Marguerite Duras' 1975 film India Song, about a French ambassador's wife in 1930s India, is here repurposed with all new cinematography. As we hear all the dialogue of a bygone movie, we travel visually through images of absence and decay, bereft of life. It's the ghost of a film, and a further commentary on colonialism.

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Release Date
June 2, 1976

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 54m

Genres
Drama

Last updated: 2024-11-14

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Her Venetian Name in Deserted Calcutta (French: Son nom de Venise dans Calcutta désert) is a 1976 French drama film directed by Marguerite Duras and starring Michael Lonsdale, Delphine Seyrig, Nicole Hiss, Marie-Pierre Thiebaut and Sylvie Nuytten. The film uses the same soundtrack of her 1975 film India Song, but is set to different images alongside an additional ending. It depicts the life of Anne-Marie Stretter, wife of ambassador to India circa 1930, who is also a main character in India Song. The film premiered at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival in Directors' Fortnight.