L'Ampélopède
1974 film
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L'Ampélopède is a 1974 French fantasy film directed by Rachel Weinberg and starring Isabelle Huppert.[1]
Directed byRachel Weinberg
Written byRachel Weinberg
Produced byJean-Marie Marguet
StarringIsabelle Huppert
| L'Ampélopède | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Rachel Weinberg |
| Written by | Rachel Weinberg |
| Produced by | Jean-Marie Marguet |
| Starring | Isabelle Huppert |
| Cinematography | Claude Bécognée |
| Edited by | Philippe Delesalle |
| Music by | Carol Escoffier |
Production company | Nanou Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Plot
A young woman resents the negative effects of urbanisation in Sainte-Montaine, the village in Sologne where she lives. She makes up a fantastic strange creature, the Ampélopède, which dwells in a forest.
Cast
- Isabelle Huppert - the narrator
- Patricia Pierangeli - Marie-Thé
- Jean-Marie Marguet - the Ampélopède
- Jean Pignol - Monsieur Pignolet
- Philippe Lehembre - Docteur Saxe
- Louise Dhour - the witch
- Valentine Pratz - Valentine
- Louise Rioton - the lady
- Claude Cernay - the waiter
- Robert Desrouets
- Camille Desmoulins
Reception
A review in Le Monde wrote: "Rachel Weinberg mixes fictional and reportage styles; she brings together and organizes different elements of reality; she places in a present where the villagers can no longer act, but simply speak, rehashing memories and traditions, the ironic and bitterly burlesque images of a possible future."[2]
