High and Low
1963 · Drama · Crime
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Film / 1974
Successive Slidings of Pleasure
Directed by
Alain Robbe-Grillet
A young woman is questioned by the police and the judges, suspected of being a modern witch. The girl who shared her apartment has been found dead, and a pair of scissors impaled through her heart, as she lay attached to the bedposts. Apparently, the girl does have powers, to make all people around her fall prey to her spell, glissing progressively into desire, lust, and the unknown.
The story
A young woman is questioned by the police and the judges, suspected of being a modern witch. The girl who shared her apartment has been found dead, and a pair of scissors impaled through her heart, as she lay attached to the bedposts. Apparently, the girl does have powers, to make all people around her fall prey to her spell, glissing progressively into desire, lust, and the unknown.
Cast
Anicée AlvinaAlice/The Prisoner
Olga Georges-PicotNora/The Lawyer
Michael LonsdaleThe Judge
Marianne EggerickxClaudia
Isabelle HuppertThe Student
Maxence MailfortThe Client
Claude MarcaultSoeur Julia
Jean-Louis TrintignantThe Police Commissioner
Hubert NiogretThe Photographer (uncredited)
Alain Robbe-GrilletUn Passant dans la Rue (uncredited)
Catherine Robbe-GrilletUne Soeur dans la Rue (uncredited)
Frank VerpillatL'Homme Qui Ouvre la Porte (uncredited)
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