Baxter, Vera Baxter
Directed by Marguerite Duras • 1977 • France
Starring Delphine Seyrig, Noëlle Châtelet, Claudine Gabay
“Baxter, Vera Baxter.” When she hears the name called out in a bar, a mysterious woman (Delphine Seyrig) finds herself drawn to its owner. During a visit to her sprawling villa, the stranger listens as Vera Baxter (Claudine Gabay) recounts her life—including the shocking secret behind her ineffectual marriage. Adapting her own then-unpublished novel, director Marguerite Duras fashions a mesmerizing, formally radical evocation of one woman’s existential emptiness.
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Baxter, Vera Baxter
Directed by Marguerite Duras • 1977 • France
Starring Delphine Seyrig, Noëlle Châtelet, Claudine Gabay“Baxter, Vera Baxter.” When she hears the name called out in a bar, a mysterious woman (Delphine Seyrig) finds herself drawn to its owner. During a visit to her sprawling villa, the stranger li...
Extras
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Marguerite Duras
In this 1977 segment from an episode of the French television series “Pour la cinéma,” writer-director Marguerite Duras discusses her film BAXTER, VERA BAXTER, its characters, and the women who inspired it.
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Portrait of Actress Delphine Seyrig
