Baxter, Vera Baxter (1977) [The Criterion Collection, Spine #1172]
BDRip 1080p | MKV | AVC, 1800x1080, ~ 4,0 Mbps | 1hr 35mn | 2.82 GB
French: AC3, 1 ch, 256 kbps | Subtitles: English
Genre: Drama, Music, Mystery
Marguerite Duras reunited with India Song collaborators Delphine Seyrig and composer Carlos d’Alessio for this hypnotically unsettling journey into one woman’s existential emptiness. Ensconced in a sprawling rental villa, the world-weary Vera Baxter (Claudine Gabay) receives visits from two women, including a mysterious stranger (Seyrig) to whom she recounts a shocking story about her marriage, the way she lives, and the reasons for her malaise. Setting her languid images to d’Alessio’s incongruously breezy, endlessly looping score, Duras fashions a quietly shattering portrait of marriage as a kind of prison.