La Pirate

La Pirate

1984 · 88 min · FR · 4.6 (19 votes)
Dir. Jacques Doillon · Starring Jane Birkin, Maruschka Detmers, Andrew Birkin, Philippe Léotard, Laure Marsac, Michael Stevens · Music Philippe Sarde
Drama

Shortly after returning home one evening with her husband, Alma is visited by her one-time lesbian lover Carole. In the ensuing emotional torrent, Alma allows herself to be abducted by Carole and taken to a hotel, pursued by a young girl - an unnamed friend of Carole - and an eccentric bystander posing as a private detective. Before Alma and Carole can resolve their situation, Alma's husband Andrew appears on the scene and, in a mad frenzy, attempts to reclaim his wife…

VIBE

A tempestuous, emotionally charged drama that plunges into the depths of forbidden desire and obsessive love. It's a film that feels both raw and theatrical, exploring the chaotic fallout of passion with a uniquely European sensibility.

melancholicintensepassionateunsettlingsteadymelodramaticarthouseEuropean cinemacharacter-drivenloveobsessiondesirejealousy
lesbian relationship
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