In Calcutta, an alcoholic writer confronts his inability to create anything. Written by Marguerite Duras; with original narration by Maurice Garrel, or by Duras (recorded in 2001). Supplemental features include: director’s introduction.
Jacques, a young composer, suffocated by his social and family life, spends a week with a company of dancers on tour.
Supplemental features include: introduction by Serge Kaganski; interviews with Karmitz and actor/co-writer Catherine Martin; theatrical trailer; LES IDOLES (Karmitz, 1963, 9 minutes); NUIT NOIRE CALCUTTA (Karmitz, 1964, 25 minutes).