The Abyss (1988)

Original title

L'œvre au noir

Directed by

André Delvaux

Genre

drama film

Country

France, Belgium

Runtime

1h 50m

Rating

5.4 of 10 from 19 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Set in 16th century Europe, a thinker and adventurer returns to his home country after years abroad. He confronts the limits of knowledge and the price of his unconventional beliefs.

meditativesomberintellectualslow-pacedphilosophicalcontemplativevisually thoughtful

What happens

The Abyss (French: L'Œuvre au noir) is a 1988 drama film directed by André Delvaux. It was entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival. It is based on the novel of the same name by Marguerite Yourcenar. The film received the André Cavens Award for Best Film by the Belgian Film Critics Association (UCC). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

• Sama (1988)
• Quelques jours avec moi (1988)
• The Witches' Sabbath (1988)
• Blood and Sand (1988)
• My Dear Subject (1988)
• Cinema Paradiso (1988)
• Decalogue I (1988)
• The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober (1988)