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India Song

India Song

Drama · Romance · 1975

Anne-Marie Stretter, the wife of a French diplomat in 1930s India, takes many lovers to relieve the boredom in her life.

Movie details

India Song

1975 Drama · Romance 1h 55m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.3 / 10

Community rating

Anne-Marie Stretter, the wife of a French diplomat in 1930s India, takes many lovers to relieve the boredom in her life.

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What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over India Song?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Marguerite Duras

Written by

Marguerite Duras

Delphine Seyrig

Delphine Seyrig

Anne-Marie Stretter

Michael Lonsdale

Michael Lonsdale

Le Vice-Consul de Lahore

Mathieu Carrière

Mathieu Carrière

L'Attaché d'Ambassade Allemand

Claude Mann

Claude Mann

Michael Richardson

Vernon Dobtcheff

Vernon Dobtcheff

Georges Crawn

D

Didier Flamand

Le Jeune Invité

C

Claude Juan

Le Domestique / Servant

Court is in session

Put India Song on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.