Nocturne Indien (1989)
The enigmatic but vivid imagery of this loosely plotted film is based on a similarly evocative novel by the Italian author Antonio Tabucchi, Noturno Indiano. An old friend of the hero's has been living in Bombay with a prostitute. His friend Peter Schlemihl (Otto Tausig) is a concentration camp survivor, who went to India after being captivated by a photograph he saw there. When the prostitute writes to him in Europe asking that he rescue his friend from a mysterious malaise, he flies into India to try and help. When he gets to Bombay, he discovers that his friend has disappeared. Following the clues left behind by the friend, and based on his acquaintance with him, he journeys to Madras to speak to a Theosophist dignitary there, and then journeys on to Portugues Goa. With each step of his journey, the hero (Jean-Hugues Anglade) becomes more identified with his friend, and re-enacts in his own person the transformations he must have experienced.
Director: Alain Corneau
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Jean-Hugues Anglade as Rossignol/Xavier |
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Clémentine Célarié as Christine |
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Otto Tausig as Peter Schlemihl |
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T.P. Jain as Le docteur |
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Iftekhar as Le professeur de théosophie |
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Dipti Dave as Vimla Sar |
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Ratna Bhooshan as La patronne de l'hôtel Khajurao |
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Tinku Parma as L'écolière |
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Vijay Kashyap as La réceptionniste de l'hôtel Mandovi |
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Jaspal Sandhu as Le chauffeur du bus |
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Ashok Banthia as Le chauffeur du taxi de l'hôpital |
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Vijai Gautam as Le serveur de l'hôtel Mandovi |
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Arish Hamin as Le serveur de l'hôtel Aguada |
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Jitendra Singh as Le chauffeur du Premier Taxi |
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Timoti Fernandes as Père Pimentel |
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Felzardo Goez as Theodonio |
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Ilstaique Khan as Le contrôleur du train |
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Ramesh Goyal as Le policier du train |
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Mohammed Ali as Le serveur du restaurant Khajurao |
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Parnez as Le serveur du train |
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Jiji as Les enfants - Le frère de la voyante |
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Radhabai as La voyante |
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Maniyanpilla Raju as Les enfants - Le serveur du restaurant de Madras |
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Silwa as Les enfants - Le deuxième petit serveur |
| Directing | Frédéric Blum | First Assistant Director |
| Sound | François Groult | Sound Mixer |
| Camera | Yves Angelo | Director of Photography |
| Production | Maurice Bernart | Producer |
| Production | Alain Sarde | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Thierry Derocles | Editor |
| Sound | Jean-Louis Ughetto | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Pierre Gamet | Sound |
| Art | Partho Sen-Gupta | Production Design |
| Directing | Alain Corneau | Director |
| Writing | Louis Gardel | Writer |
| Writing | Alain Corneau | Writer |
| Writing | Antonio Tabucchi | Novel |
