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Quartet

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Quartet
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R,1hr 40min
Genres:
Drama,Romance
Release:
1981
Director:
James Ivory
Distributor:
Merchant Ivory
Starring:
Alan Bates, Maggie Smith, Isabelle Adjani  ...more
Synopsis: No relation to the 1949 Somerset Maugham "omnibus" film of the same name, 1981's Quartet is based on the roman a clef by Jean Rhys. Though the names are changed, it is clearly the story of Rhys' romance with Ford Maddox Ford in 1920s Paris. The titular quartet consists of novelist Isabelle Adjani, her Polish husband Anthony Higgins, wealthy philanderer Alan Bates and Bates' artist wife Maggie Smith. Though she's been indulgent of Higgins's past indiscretions, Smith isn't keen on her husband carrying ... Full Synopsis
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Craig Butler, AMG Review
Many find the films of James Ivory and Ismail Merchant to be a little too reserved and placid, a charge that can quite easily be leveled at Quartet. Dry to the point of being parched, Quartet clearly intends to point up the deeper emotions that lie buried beneath the surface; yet director Ivory seems somewhat confused about what those emotions are and about what relation they have to the story. Motivations ... Full Review
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Alan Bates
H.J. Heidler
Maggie Smith
Lois
Isabelle Adjani
Marya Zelli
Anthony Higgins
Stephan
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