After reading a postcard that her mother let go in the wind, a woman learns that she has a twin.
Acting
Huppert's twin performances—same face, utterly different souls.
Direction
Schroeter's final film: maximalist, unhinged, deeply personal.
Cinematography
Saturated colors that bleed into psychological states.
Director
Werner Schroeter
Isabelle Huppert
Magdalena / Maria
Bulle Ogier
Anna
Manuel Blanc
The man with the flower / the Russian officer / Henri L. / the French officer
Arielle Dombasle
Professor Barbez
Annika Kuhl
Erika, the mistress
Robinson Stévenin
Young man on the bike
Pascal Bongard
Alfred
Jean-François Stévenin
Man in the car
Dominique Frot
The adoptive mother
Rita Loureiro
Julia / Young girl in Paris
Rogério Samora
Sintra castle keeper
Zazie de Paris
Zazie
Celia Williams
Teacher
Martin Pautard
Filipe Melo
Pianist
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Schroeter died weeks after filming completed; this was his deliberate, messy farewell.
The film reimagines the director's own 1978 'Salome'—he's literally haunting his own past work.
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