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The story

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.

Cast & crew

Delphine SeyrigAnne-Marie Stretter

Michael LonsdaleThe Vice Consul of Lahore

Sylvie Nuytten

Sylvie NuyttenCast

Nicole HissCast

Marie-Pierre Thiebaut

Marie-Pierre ThiebautCast

Satasinh Manila

Satasinh ManilaCast

Monique Simonet

Monique SimonetCast

Viviane ForresterCast

Dionys MascoloCast

Marguerite DurasCast

Françoise LebrunCast

Benoît JacquotCast