The Beautiful Prisoner (1983)
La Belle Captive
Overview
Walter is told by his boss, Sara, to deliver an urgent letter to Henri de Corinthe. On the way he finds a beautiful woman he had been eying in a nightclub, lying in the road, bound up. He takes her to a villa to get a doctor, and ends up being locked in a bedroom with her. While she is making love to him, he has visions of surrealistic images from René Magritte's paintings. In the morning, the girl, Marie-Ange, has vanished, the villa looks derelict, and his neck is bleeding. Was it all just a nightmare?
Where to watch The Beautiful Prisoner
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What is The Beautiful Prisoner about?
Walter is told by his boss, Sara, to deliver an urgent letter to Henri de Corinthe. On the way he finds a beautiful woman he had been eying in a nightclub, lying in the road, bound up. He takes her to a villa to get a doctor, and ends up being locked in a bedroom with her. While she is making love to him, he has visions of surrealistic images from René Magritte's paintings. In the morning, the girl, Marie-Ange, has vanished, the villa looks derelict, and his neck is bleeding. Was it all just a nightmare? The Beautiful Prisoner is a Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery movie, released on 1983-02-16, runtime 88 minutes.
Is The Beautiful Prisoner worth watching?
TMDB users rate The Beautiful Prisoner 6.1 out of 10 from 51 ratings. Reception is mixed-to-positive.
Where can I watch The Beautiful Prisoner?
In the United States, The Beautiful Prisoner streams on JustWatch TV Plus and can be rented from Amazon Video. The table on this page lists 9 more countries. Movie World also lists the official trailer, online streaming sources and links to external sources on this page.
Directed by
Alain Robbe-Grillet
Cast
- Daniel Mesguich as Walter Raim
- Gabrielle Lazure as Marie-Ange van de Reeves
- Cyrielle Clair as Sara Zeitgeist
- Daniel Emilfork as Inspector Francis
- Roland Dubillard as Prof van de Reeves
- François Chaumette as Dr. Morgentodt
- Arielle Dombasle as The hysterical woman
- Gilles Arbona as Le barman
- Jean-Claude Leguay as Le cycliste
- Nancy van Slyke as La serveuse
- Denis Fouqueray as Le valet
- Michel Auclair as La voix de Walter (voice)
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Sources
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