It's Gradiva Who Is Calling You
2007 · 1h 55m · N/A
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
Alain Robbe-Grillet
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It's Gradiva Who Is Calling You
Overview
An English historian travels to Morocco to work on a study of the painter Delacroix. He hears of a rare series of engravings and embarks on a search for them that takes him through the mysterious streets of the ancient medina. He becomes obsessed with the figure of a beautiful blond woman dressed in white that he sees there. but it appears that she may have died years before.
Director and cast
- Alain Robbe-Grillet Director
- James Wilby as John Locke
- Arielle Dombasle as Leila / Gradiva
- Dany Verissimo-Petit as Belkis
- Farid Chopel as Anatoli
- Lotfi Yahya Jedidi as Le mendiant
- Marie Espinosa as Claudine
- Farida Khelfa as Elvira
- Faycal Attougui as Guard
- Mohamen Mehdi Ouazanni as Commissaire Madhi
- Pascal Judelewicz as Le photographe
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