La Vallée (1972)

Directed by

Barbet Schroeder

Genre

drama film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 46m

Rated

15+

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 35 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman named Viviane embarks on an accidental journey through the New Guinea bush. Along the way she experiences a strange voyage of self-discovery.

adventurousdreamlikeintrospectiveslow-burnatmosphericexploratorymeditativeunpredictable

What happens

La Vallée, also known as Obscured by Clouds, is a 1972 French film written and directed by Barbet Schroeder. The film stars Bulle Ogier as Viviane, a woman who goes on a strange and accidental voyage of self-discovery through the New Guinea bush. Pink Floyd recorded an album, Obscured by Clouds, as the soundtrack to the film. After recording had finished, the band fell out with the film company, prompting them to release the soundtrack album as Obscured by Clouds, rather than La Vallée. In response, the film was retitled La Vallée (Obscured by Clouds) on its release. The actress credit "Monique Giraudy" is actually an alias of Miquette Giraudy, at the time a film editor and, later on, vocalist and synthesizer player with the progressive rock/space rock band Gong with her partner Steve Hillage; they later formed the electronic group System 7. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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