Words usually come too late
Set amid the European community in an unspecified North African country, a colony on the verge of nationalism just before the war. And colonized is what happens to a French diplomat, Julien Rochelle, when he meets the mysterious beauty Clothilde de Watteville. Schmid 's favorite axiom, that love is projection, never had such a thorough airing. Is Clothilde really the wife of a French official now holed up in Siberia? Or is she Hecate, goddess of black magic and devourer of the Arab boys she meets far from the European quarter? Only our projections know for sure; for the rest, she is a "woman looking out into the night." Drawn from a novel by Paul Morand, who based the main character on his wife Helene, Schmid's film achieves an atmosphere of magic in which psychological credibility is not so much absent as irrelevant-a film that distances itself from the drama it invokes, perhaps as the elusive Clothilde turns her back on the madness she provokes.
The Loreley's Grasp
Horror
4.9
Jim's Story
Comedy, Drama
6.8
Hallow Road
Thriller, Mystery, Horror
6.4
Farewell Moscow
Drama, History
6.9
The Isle
Drama, Thriller
6.9
The Play House
Comedy, Fantasy
6.8
It Was Just an Accident
Drama, Thriller, Crime
6.7
Lo
Romance, Comedy, Horror
6.6
Matchmaker Santa
TV Movie, Comedy, Drama, Romance
5.7
Out of Darkness
Adventure, Horror, Thriller
5.7
Sovereign
Crime, Drama, Thriller
6.7
Star
Drama
6.3
Don't Sleep
Horror, Thriller
5.4
Another Summer Holiday
Comedy, Drama
6.0
Not Without My Shrink
Comedy
4.9
Borgo
Drama, Crime
6.8
Beyond Outrage
Action, Crime
7.0
Battle Royale II: Requiem
Action, Thriller
5.0
April Fool's Day
Horror, Mystery
6.0
The Way Back
Documentary
6.8
Matchstick Men
Comedy, Drama, Crime, Thriller
7.0
8MM 2
Thriller, Mystery, Drama
4.8
Parer's War
Drama
0.0
Paranoia
Drama
5.0
The Tin Drum
Drama, History, War
6.9
Ben-Hur
History, Drama, Adventure
7.9
Pearl Harbor
War, Romance, History, Action
6.9
Contact
Drama, Science Fiction, Mystery
7.4
The Bridges of Madison County
Drama, Romance
7.7
Manhattan
Comedy, Drama, Romance
7.7
Finding Forrester
Drama, History
7.1
The Last Emperor
Drama, History
7.6
Murder She Said
Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
7.3
Murder at the Gallop
Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
7.0
Murder Most Foul
Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
7.0
GoodFellas
Drama, Crime
8.5
Gone with the Wind
Drama, War, Romance
7.9
Sweet Kitty Bellairs
Music, Romance
5.0
Bedtime Stories for Grownups
Comedy, Romance
5.2
A Prayer Before Dawn
Drama, Action, Crime
6.7