Quartet (1981)

Directed by

James Ivory

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom, France

Runtime

1h 41m

Rated

R

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 38 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman moves to 1920s Paris and becomes entangled with a wealthy British couple. Her life is disrupted as they draw her into their complicated relationship.

melancholictenseslow-burnvisually lushrestrainedatmosphericemotionally fraught

What happens

Quartet is a 1981 period drama film directed by James Ivory from a screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, based on the 1928 novel by Jean Rhys. The film stars Alan Bates, Maggie Smith, Isabelle Adjani and Anthony Higgins, and is set in 1927 Paris. It premiered at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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