Les Créatures (1966)

Directed by

Agnès Varda

Genre

drama film, science fiction film

Country

France, Sweden

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 51 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A couple moves to a new town after a car accident that leaves the wife unable to speak. The husband, a writer, works on a science fiction story while his wife communicates through written notes.

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What happens

Les Créatures (English: The Creatures) is a 1966 fantasy drama film written and directed by Agnès Varda that recounts a story of a couple who have just moved to a new town and been in a car accident. The wife, Mylène Piccoli, loses her voice in the accident and communicates through writing. The husband, Edgar Piccoli, is a science fiction writer working to produce his next book. Les Créatures was an official selection of the 27th Venice International Film Festival, though it received mixed reviews. The film failed commercially. Varda later recycled the leftover film stock from the film as the basis for her Ma cabane de l'échec (My Shack of Failure). Ma cabane was made from film stock directly from the distribution copy and rearranged to form the structure of a cabin. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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