1975 · drama · experimental
India Song
Directed by Marguerite Duras1h 55m1975
Anne-Marie Stretter, the wife of a French diplomat in 1930s India, takes many lovers to relieve the boredom in her life.
Our read: India Song (1975) reads as a sombre, slow-burn, surreal drama · experimental entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, slow-burn, measured drama / experimental, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- sombre
- slow-burn
- surreal
- bleak
- signature
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