Hanna Schygulla
1) Antonieta
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 mn.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Español
Description
A French psychologist is obsessed with the study of famous suicidal women. She finds the case of Antonieta Rivas Mercado, a Mexican writer who died inside Paris' Notre Dame in 1931. To follow the investigation she travels to Mexico to reveal her life.
Series
Criterion collection volume 740
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (125 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded-out insert.
Language
Deutsch
Description
One of the earliest and best-loved films of this period in his career, which balances a realistic depiction of tormented romance with staging that remains true to the director's roots in experimental theater. This unforgettable, unforgiving dissection of the imbalanced relationship between a haughty fashion designer and a beautiful but icy ingenue, based, in a sly gender reversal, on the writer-director's own desperate obsession with a young actor....