Rendezvous at Bray

Rendezvous at Bray
Rendezvous at Bray
Directed by	André Delvaux
Written by	André Delvaux
Based on	King Cophetua by Julien Gracq
Produced by	Mag Bodard
Starring	Anna Karina
Cinematography	Ghislain Cloquet
Edited by	Nicole Berckmans
Music by	Frédéric Devreese
Distributed by	Parc Film (France)
Release date	June 1971;
Running time	90 minutes
Countries	France; Belgium
Languages	French; German

Rendezvous at Bray aka Appointment in Bray (French: Rendez-vous à Bray) is a 1971 French-Belgian drama film directed by André Delvaux and starring Anna Karina.^[1] It was entered into the 21st Berlin International Film Festival. Much of the film may be imagined by the characters and much is unexplained, leaving viewers to come up with their own interpretations.

Plot

Jacques, a composer serving as a fighter pilot during the First World War, asks his friend Julien, a Luxembourger working as a music journalist in Paris, to meet him at Bray behind the front lines. His family's country house is there, looked after by a solitary housekeeper. Jacques has not arrived when Julien turns up and is let in by the beautiful but largely silent woman. While she prepares him dinner, he reflects on the ups and downs of his life in Paris before the war with the charming rich Jacques and his vivacious girl friend Odile. After showing him to a bedroom, the servant spends the night with him. In the morning, he rushes off to the railway station but does not board the Paris train. Something, we do not know what, impels him to stay.

Cast

Anna Karina as Elle (la servante)
Mathieu Carrière as Julien Eschenbach
Roger Van Hool as Jacques Neuil
Bulle Ogier as Odile
Boby Lapointe as L'Aubergiste
Pierre Vernier as Monsieur Hausmann
Luce Garcia-Ville as Mme Nueil
Nella Bielski as Un Visage (la femme du train)
Pierre Lampe as Le Soldat
Jean Aron as Joseph, le projectionniste
Léonce Corne as Le Garde-Vue
Martine Sarcey as Mme Hausmann
Jean Bouise as Le rédacteur en chef

References

^ Clarke Fountain (2008). "NY Times.com: Rendezvous at Bray". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 18 April 2008. Retrieved 30 January 2010.

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[nytimes-1] Clarke Fountain (2008). "NY Times.com: Rendezvous at Bray". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 18 April 2008. Retrieved 30 January 2010.

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