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Woman in Chains

Gallery director Stanislas bolsters the development of modern art with his collection of surprising works. His newest acquisition is a sculpture by Gilbert, whose wife Josée is captivated by Stanislas. But unbeknownst to her, Stanislas is amassing photographs of a very perverse, disturbed nature.

Release Date : 1968-11-20

Language :French

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Fono RomaLes Films Corona

Production Country : FranceItaly

Alternative Titles : Woman in Chains

Cast

Character Name : Stanislas Hassler

Original Name : Laurent Terzieff

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gilbert Moreau

Original Name : Bernard Fresson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Josée

Original Name : Elisabeth Wiener

Gender : Female

Character Name : Maguy

Original Name : Dany Carrel

Gender : Female

Character Name : Le père de Josée

Original Name : Claude Piéplu

Gender : Male

Character Name : La mère de Josée

Original Name : Noëlle Adam

Gender : Female

Character Name : La gérante

Original Name : Germaine Delbat

Gender : Female

Character Name : Surgeon

Original Name : Michel Etcheverry

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Annie Fargue

Gender : Female

Character Name : Maurice

Original Name : Daniel Rivière

Gender : Male

Character Name : La patronne de l'auberge

Original Name : Gilberte Géniat

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sala

Original Name : Darío Moreno

Gender : Male

Character Name : Une invitée au vernissage (uncredited)

Original Name : Béatrice Altariba

Gender : Female

Character Name : Le spécialiste au vernissage (uncredited)

Original Name : Jacques Ciron

Gender : Male

Character Name : Un invité au vernissage (uncredited)

Original Name : René Floriot

Gender : Male

Character Name : Le journaliste au vernissage (uncredited)

Original Name : Henri Garcin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Un invité au vernissage (uncredited)

Original Name : Jean Gold

Gender : Male

Character Name : L'invité au vernissage qui dit 'C'est simple, mais ça existe!' (uncredited)

Original Name : André Luguet

Gender : Male

Character Name : Un invité au vernissage (uncredited)

Original Name : Jean Ozenne

Gender : Male

Character Name : L'invité pressé au vernissage (uncredited)

Original Name : Michel Piccoli

Gender : Male

Character Name : L'artiste qui a besoin de lumière (uncredited)

Original Name : Pierre Richard

Gender : Male

Character Name : La caissière (uncredited)

Original Name : Jackie Sardou

Gender : Female

Character Name : Une invitée au vernissage (uncredited)

Original Name : Joanna Shimkus

Gender : Female

Character Name : Un artiste (uncredited)

Original Name : Clément Thierry

Gender : Male

Character Name : L'installateur (uncredited)

Original Name : André Tomasi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Un artiste (uncredited)

Original Name : Roger Van Hool

Gender : Male

Character Name : L'invité au vernissage qui dit 'Oui, ça correspond au schéma du bonhomme' (uncredited)

Original Name : Charles Vanel

Gender : Male

Character Name : Un invité au vernissage (uncredited)

Original Name : Pierre Vaudier

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-06-03

This has quite a complex plot from which we start even before Henri-Georges Clouzot stars messing with our heads... Laurent Terzieff ("Stan") is a wealthy, somewhat voyeuristic gallery owner/photographer who has oddly passionate - yet physically sterile relationships with women. Elisabeth Weiner (Josée) is a woman, married to an unfaithful artist, who becomes enthralled by Terzieff and is soon completely under his control as she tries to construct a television documentary about him and his art. There is a languor to the delivery of this story; but that lends to the wonderfully potent sense of sexual frustration; ambiguity and uncertainty. The characters are pretty unpleasant, it has to be said - especially the rather venal, ambitious husband "Gilbert" (Bernard Fresson) but that only contributes more to the essentially disturbing nature of this drama. Though clear at the start, by the rather confused (and weak, I found) conclusion we are really not too sure who is controlling whom, and why and it does rather surrender to the more basic emotions that now rob it of the intellectual "terror" it worked so hard, and cleverly, to establish. I ought to add, too, that some of the artwork featured is truly spacial, colourful and adds significantly to the mood of this work.