The Red Room

The Red Room (1973)

Drama

Hélène Noris, a young Belgian woman from a bourgeois family, is haunted by a past affair with Tamara — now married to her father. Torn between desire and resentment toward Tamara’s conformist life, Hélène feels alienated in the provincial world she inhabits. To boost his social image, her stepfather René invites Parisian director Jean Gerfaud to stage an avant-garde version of Tartuffe. Tamara flirts with him, but Hélène seduces him first. A passionate, destructive affair begins, entangling love, jealousy, and ambition. When the play’s scandalous premiere sparks outrage, Jean marries Hélène, provoking Tamara’s fury. Yet Hélène, restless and defiant, betrays him with a soldier. In rage and humiliation, Jean confronts her in the “red room,” the space that once embodied their love and now their ruin.

Director: Jean-Pierre Berckmans
Writers: Jean Blondel, Jean-Pierre Berckmans.

Casts

	Maurice Ronet as Jean Gerfaud
	Sharon Gurney as Hélène Noris
	Françoise Brion as Tamara Noris
	Christian Barbier as René Noris
	Amédée as Max
	Marie Collins as Elvirie
	Georges Lambert as Tarturfe
	Marysia as Sandra Marelli
	Olivier Monneret as Fuselier Pierre-Paul
	Jean Pascal as Stage Manager Henri
	Janine Patrick as Madame de Thiffry
	Raymond Peira as Howard
	Mamine Pirotte as TV Interviewer
	Jean Rovis as Orgon
	Etienne Samson as Lievens
	Maurice Sevenant as Monsieur X

Crew