The Beautiful Prisoner
Seen it?1983 | 88 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who likes to be kept guessing, horror fans and fantasy fans. If you loved Where the Wild Things Are, start here.
- The mood
- Scary.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 28 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in French, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
Walter is told by his boss, Sara, to deliver an urgent letter to Henri de Corinthe. On the way he finds a beautiful woman he had been eying in a nightclub, lying in the road, bound up. He takes her to a villa to get a doctor, and ends up being locked in a bedroom with her. While she is making love to him, he has visions of surrealistic images from René Magritte's paintings. In the morning, the girl, Marie-Ange, has vanished, the villa looks derelict, and his neck is bleeding. Was it all just a nightmare?
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 4K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Alain Robbe-Grillet
- Daniel MesguichWalter Raim
- Gabrielle LazureMarie-Ange van de Reeves
- Cyrielle ClairSara Zeitgeist
- Daniel EmilforkInspector Francis
- Roland DubillardProf van de Reeves
- François ChaumetteDr. Morgentodt
- Arielle DombasleThe hysterical woman
- Gilles ArbonaLe barman
- Jean-Claude LeguayLe cycliste
- Nancy van SlykeLa serveuse