The Beautiful Prisoner
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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?
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Cast
12 people
Daniel Mesguich
Walter Raim
Known for
Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion
Love on the Run
Gabrielle Lazure
Marie-Ange van de Reeves
Known for
Chronicles of the Sun
Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse
Cyrielle Clair
Sara Zeitgeist
Known for
Frantz
The Professional
Daniel Emilfork
Inspector Francis
Known for
The City of Lost Children
The Devil's Nightmare
Roland Dubillard
Prof van de Reeves
Known for
The Night Caller
Mad Love
François Chaumette
Dr. Morgentodt
Known for
The Hunchback of Paris
Christine
Arielle Dombasle
The hysterical woman
Known for
Around the World in 80 Days
Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar
Gilles Arbona
Le barman
Known for
La Belle Noiseuse
Vidocq
Jean-Claude Leguay
Le cycliste
Known for
Scout Toujours
The Student
Nancy van Slyke
La serveuse
Also in
The Night Wears Suspenders
Denis Fouqueray
Le valet
Also in
Eminent Domain
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories
Michel Auclair
La voix de Walter (voice)
Known for
The Day of the Jackal
Funny Face
Alain Robbe-Grillet Director · Henri Alekan Cinematographer Bob Wade Editor
First release February 16, 1983 · Produced in France · Production France•3
Production
Argos films
Production
France•3
Production
France
Produced in
Languages
Original title
La Belle Captive
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · February 16, 1983
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Japan
November 23, 2018 · Digital
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