India, 1937. Anne-Marie Stretter is the wife of the French ambassador and leads a solitary yet privileged life in Calcutta. The tedium of her existence is relieved by numerous illicit love affairs with government officials, young men who find her an object of desire and fascination. The Vice Consul is driven insane by his love for her and, expelled from the ambassador’s palace, cries like a sick animal. Life continues for Anne-Marie Stretter, the same tedious existence…
Elenco: Delphine Seyrig , Michael Lonsdale , Mathieu Carrière , Claude Mann , Vernon Dobtcheff , Didier Flamand , Claude Juan , Satasinh Manila , Nicole Hiss , Monique Simonet , Viviane Forrester , Dionys Mascolo , Marguerite Duras , Françoise Lebrun , Benoît Jacquot , Nicole-Lise Bernheim , Kevork Kutudjan , Daniel Dobbels , Jean-Claude Biette , Marie Odile Briot , Pascal Kané .