The Abyss ( L'oeuvre au noir ) ( De terugkeer naar Brugge )

The Abyss (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: L'oeuvre au noir
Alternate Title: De terugkeer naar Brugge
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Belgium ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
108 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1988 and produced in:
Belgium ( France, Benelux )
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
André Delvaux

Written By:
André Delvaux
Marguerite Yourcenar

Actors:
Gian Maria Volonté ..... Zénon
Sami Frey ..... Prieur des Cordeliers
Jacques Lippe ..... Myers
Anna Karina ..... Catherine
Philippe Léotard ..... Henri-Maximilien
Jean Bouise ..... Campanus
Marie-Christine Barrault ..... Hilzonde
Marie-France Pisier ..... Martha
Mathieu Carrière ..... Pierre de Hamaere
Pierre Dherte ..... Cyprien
Johan Leysen ..... Rombaut
Dora van der Groen ..... Greete
Senne Rouffaer ..... Le Cocq
Geert Desmet ..... Han
Michel Poncelet ..... Josse

Synopsis:

In the sixteenth century, Spain occupies Flanders, an Inquisition enforces the faith. Aging writer and philosopher, Zénon Ligre, comes to Bruges using a false name and papers to serve as a physician to the poor, establishing a clinic and steam bath. His methods and opinions are outside the mainstream, but he has the protection and friendship of the local Prior. Zénon, an aristocrat with a degree in canon law, lives humbly. He learns of bacchanals under Masonic signs involving monks and women, and he warns those involved. The Prior is dying, and he urges Zénon to flee to England. Zénon burns his writing. Will he leave or will he face ecclesiastical accusers and, perhaps, the stake?

Andre Delvaux directed this stylish, yet ultimately empty adaptation of a historical novel by Marguerite Yourcenar. Gian Maria Volonte leads the cast as Zenon, a Belgian doctor and alchemist in the 1500s. Zenon travels across Europe for many years hiding from the Inquisition, which eventually catches up with him when he returns to his native Brugge in disguise. The narrative is bolstered by some fine acting by Volonte and a notable supporting cast including Sami Frey, Marie-Christine Barrault, Marie-France Pisier, and Anna Karina, as well as excellent cinematography by Charlie Van Damme and Walter van den Ende.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 11 June, 2010.

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