L’INTOUCHABLE
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DIRECTOR
Benoît Jacquot
SCREENPLAY
Benoît Jacquot
CAST
Jeanne: Isild Le Besco
Jeanne’s mother:
Bérangère Bonvoisin
François: Marc Barbé
Agent: Manuel Munz
Jeanne’s lover:
Louis-Do de Lencquesaing
Mani: Parikshit Luthra
AWARDS
Marcello Mastroianni Award (Isild Le Besco),
Venice Film Festival (2006).
Running time: 82’
Production: France, 2006
Rating: Not rated
Gauge: 35mm, DVD (color)
GENRE
Drama
DISTRIBUTOR
Strand Releasing
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" 'The Untouchable' turns
out to be immensely intriguing, as elusive at times as it is
crystalline... it's among Jacquot's most revealing articulation
of an idea that has animated so much of his work - the deepest
immanence of body and mind."
Paul Fileri, Film Comment |
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A young actress, Jeanne,
learns from her mother that her father is Indian, a Hindu she
met while travelling, an “Untouchable.” Intending
to find her father, Jeanne wants to leave for India immediately
but she needs money. She drops out of the rehearsals for “Saint
Joan of the Stockyards,” staged by her lover and asks
her agent to get her a part, that she had initially turned down,
in a film. She performs the part as though it’s an ordeal
she’s inflicting on herself and leaves as soon as she
can. Jeanne sets out on her own for the vastness of India with
little more than a name as a clue. In the hope that she will
reach what she is looking for, she immerses herself into the
jumble and life of a continent that is totally foreign to her.
Eventually, she befriends a young man who acts as a guide, assisting
her and introducing her to the mysteries of India. As Jeanne
comes nearer to her goal, one wonders what will be at the end
of her quest: finding her father or something more elusive,
more enriching.
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