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Bored aristocrats, colonial decay, and a voiceover that won't stop gossiping.
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India Song (1975)

decadenthypnoticwhispered secrets

Overview

DramaRomance

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

Flag of FRFRFrench
Content warning
woman directorsomber

Standout Aspects

Cinematography

Static tableaux that make stillness devastatingly sexy.

Sound

Disembodied voices narrating what characters never say aloud.

Acting

Delphine Seyrig: one languid glance contains entire novels.

Best for:Solo: When you want to dissolve into a mood, not follow a plot.·Rewatch: Second viewing unlocks the voices you missed the first time.
Heads up:Triggers: Colonial exploitation treated as aesthetic backdrop, not critique.
Marguerite Duras

Director

Marguerite Duras

ReleasedJun 4, 1975
Runtime1h 55m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Paceslow
Intensitymedium
Tonedark
Feelheavy
Les Films Armorial
Sunchild Productions

Top Cast

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

Didier Flamand

Didier Flamand

Le Jeune Invité

Nicole Hiss

Nicole Hiss

Voix Intemporelle (voice)

Viviane Forrester

Viviane Forrester

Voix Intemporelle (voice)

Dionys Mascolo

Dionys Mascolo

Voix Intemporelle (voice)

Marguerite Duras

Marguerite Duras

Voix Intemporelle (voice)

Françoise Lebrun

Françoise Lebrun

Voix de la Réception (voice)

Benoît Jacquot

Benoît Jacquot

Voix de la Réception (voice)

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

Duras wrote the script in three weeks after her lover suggested she direct herself, having never made a feature before.

Insight

The entire 'India' was filmed in a French château; the colonial fantasy collapses because it was never real to begin with.

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