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Quintet (1979) (DVD) (*)

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English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
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French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/NTSC/Region 0 )

Running Time:
119 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1979 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Robert Altman

Written By:
Robert Altman
Lionel Chetwynd

Actors:
Paul Newman ..... Essex
Vittorio Gassman ..... Saint Christopher
Fernando Rey ..... Grigor
Bibi Andersson ..... Ambrosia
Brigitte Fossey ..... Vivia, Essex's Wife
Nina Van Pallandt ..... Deuca
David Langton ..... Goldstar
Thomas Hill ..... Francha
Monique Mercure ..... Redstone's Mate
Craig Richard Nelson ..... Redstone
Maruska Stankova ..... Jaspera
Anne Gerety ..... Aeon
Michel Maillot ..... Obelus
Max Fleck ..... Wood Supplier
Françoise Berd ..... Charity house woman

Synopsis:

Quintet is a somber science fiction tale that takes place after a nuclear holocaust has thrown the world into another Ice Age. A man named Essex (Paul Newman) and his pregnant wife Vivia (Brigitte Fossey) are wandering the desolate, frozen landscape and attempting to find Essex's brother, Francha (Tom Hill). They finally locate him in a frozen city, occupied by a number of apocalyptic survivors who who pass their time playing a mysterious game called "Quintet." No one is able to explain just how it is played, but Grigor (Fernando Rey) appears to act as the referee, and the stakes of the game are unusually high - losing means being thrown out into the snow and devoured by Rottweilers. Francha is soon killed, not as a casualty of Quintet per se, but for playing an assassination game on the side to relieve his own ennui. As 'collateral damage,', Vivia and the rest of Francha's family are soon extinguished as well. Essex is not happy with the way they've been rubbed out, but as he attempts to seek revenge, he is only drawn deeper into the lethal competition of Quintet.

During a future ice age, dying humanity occupies its remaining time by playing a board game called "Quintet." For one small group, this obsession is not enough; they play the game with living pieces ... and only the winner survives.

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