La Chair de l'orchidée
| La Chair de l'orchidée | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Patrice Chéreau |
| Written by | James Hadley Chase (novel) Jean-Claude Carrière Patrice Chéreau |
| Produced by | Vincent Malle |
| Starring | Charlotte Rampling Bruno Cremer Edwige Feuillère Simone Signoret Alida Valli Hans Christian Blech |
| Cinematography | Pierre Lhomme |
| Edited by | Pierre Gillette |
| Music by | Fiorenzo Carpi |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release date | 29 January 1975 |
Running time | 110 minutes |
| Countries | France Italy West Germany |
| Language | French |
La Chair de l'orchidée (The Flesh of the Orchid) is a 1975 film, an adaptation of the 1948 novel The Flesh of the Orchid by British writer James Hadley Chase, "a pulp-novel sequel to No Orchids for Miss Blandish"[1] (1939). The story was selected by French author Patrice Chéreau, in his directorial debut and already well known for his stage direction, as the subject for his first film.
The film stars Charlotte Rampling, Simone Signoret, Bruno Cremer and Edwige Feuillère.
References
- ^ Bergan, Ronald (8 October 2013). "Patrice Chéreau obituary / Film, opera and stage director known for La Reine Margot and his Ring cycle at Bayreuth in 1976". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
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