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Plot

French New Wave filmmaker Agnes Varda writes and directs the intellectual drama Les Creatures. Michel Piccoli plays a novelist who gets in a severe car accident. He is injured and his wife (Catherine Deneuve) is rendered mute. They move to a small village on an island in order to recuperate, and for the husband to write his novel. He uses characters based on the townsfolk on the island. He meets a young man (Jacques Charrier) who is building a machine. They play chess and engage in a violent fight. The wife gives birth and regains her speech, and it is apparent that the young man only existed in the husband's imagination. The conclusion involves a futher distortion of fantasy and reality as the writer finishes his novel.
MPAA Rating:
Not Yet Rated
Genre(s):
Drama
Run Time:
91min.
Theatrical Release Date:
06/01/2009
Distributor(s):
Mag Bodard-Parc Films-Madeleine Films-Sandrews
Director(s):
Themes:
Writer's Life
Tone:
Literate,Meditative,Reflective
Keywords:
France,accident,book,car,disfigurement,fantasy,injury,pregnancy,reality,recovery [health],seaside,townspeople,trauma,vacation