The India Song cast includes Mathieu Carrière, Vernon Dobtcheff, Didier Flamand, Michael Lonsdale, Claude Mann, and Delphine Seyrig. This hypnotic and elliptical tale set in the 1930s focuses on the extramarital relationships of Anne-Marie Stretter (played by Delphine Seyrig), who is married to the French ambassador in India, as the British Empire deteriorates along with her mental health. The Baxter, Vera Baxter cast includes Claude Aufaure, Noëlle Châtelet, Gérard Depardieu, Claudine Gabay, Nathalie Nell, François Périer, and Delphine Seyrig. In monologue and in conversations with two women, Vera Baxter (played by Claudine Gabay) describes her suffocating marriage and conveys her loneliness.
Director
Duras, Marguerite
Writer
Duras, Marguerite
Producer
Gadjieff, StéphaneTchal
Production Team
Criterion Collection
Genre
Feature Film Drama
Content Notes
India Song (1975; 120 min.), adapted from an unproduced play by Marguerite Duras; Baxter, Vera Baxter (1977; 90 min.), adapted from the novel Véra Baxter ou les plages de l'Atlantique by Marguerite Duras
Language
French with English subtitles
Media Format
2 DVDs (214 min.) or 2 Blu-ray discs (214 min.)
Type
Color
Additional Content
The individual films are also available as streaming videos. The DVDs and Blu-ray discs include an alternate English-language audio track for India Song; the featurette "Marguerite as She Was" (2003); a making-of featurette for India Song (2020); a 1977 interview with Marguerite Duras; and an excerpt from a 1977 documentary about actor Delphine Seyrig. A booklet with an essay by film scholar Ivone Margulies is available.
Production Notes
Alternate title: Two Films by Marguerite Duras. Fully restored.
