Arsène Muselier returns to his home village at the end of the First World War. His only injury is a head wound, which sometimes provokes periods of delirium and fury. As he renews his acquaintance with the people he left behind - his mother, the old farmhand who brought him up after his father's death, his former girlfriend, and many others - he becomes fascinated by the legend of La Vouivre, a creature with the body of a woman who lives in the marsh, surrounded by vipers. One day, Arsène sees the strange woman - she is naked, beautiful, alluring, and he is instantly enchanted by her. Can she be real, or is she merely a creation of his damaged mind...?
Cinematography
Marsh mist that practically breathes; every frame feels feverish.
Acting
Lambert Wilson's unraveling is hypnotic, terrifying, weirdly sexy.
Director
Georges Wilson
Jean Carmet
Requiem
Suzanne Flon
Louise Muselier
Lambert Wilson
Arsène Muselier
Jacques Dufilho
Urbain
Macha Méril
La rodinet
Laurence Treil
La vouivre
Anne-Marie Pisani
Emilie
Kathy Kriegel
(as Kathie Kriegel)
Jean-Jacques Moreau
Victor
Paola Lanzi
Belette
Bruno Abraham-Kremer
Le curé
Catherine Artigala
Rose
Jean-Pierre Dravel
Jonquier
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Georges Wilson cast his own son Lambert in the lead—familial tension absolutely bleeds into the father-son scenes with Requiem.
La Vouivre is actual Burgundian folklore: a serpent-tailed woman guarding hidden treasure, here twisted into a postwar PTSD nightmare.
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