Five romantic characters share their lives in a vast castle. Each in his own way is looking for an absolute: J. wanders in the graveyard, B. hacks, C. causes love adventures, A. walks the forest on his horse, and F. repeats in a rock band . A. and J. nourish an idyll that leads them on an "initiatory" journey. Different states of mind pass through them, a sweet mixture that will make them rediscover the world of childhood and haunted castles ... Sonorized with the voice of Antonin Artaud, shot with a very contrasting photographic process, Le rouge de chine refers to the origins of cinematograph.
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Jacques Richard
Also in
Les Écrans déchirés
Les funérailles de Marcel Hanoun au Père-Lachaise à Paris
Agathe Vannier
Also in
Parano
Lola's Lolos
Antoine Bonfanti
Bernard Dubois
Also in
North
I Wanted to Laugh Like the Others
Pascal Laperrousaz
Known for
Liza
François Roy
Bojena Horackova
Also in
Something Is Happening
La limace et l'escargot
Bozena Horachkova
Jacques Ribiolles
Herb Colombus
Jacques Robiolles
Known for
The Shiver of the Vampires
Bed and Board
Jacques Richard Director · Pascal Laperrousaz Cinematographer
First release August 29, 1978
Languages
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · August 29, 1978
Limited theatrical · Festival International du Jeune Cinéma de Hyères
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France
January 3, 1979 · Theatrical
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