Nocturne Indien

Nocturne Indien

1989
1h 50m
6.9

6.9/10

14 votes • View on IMDb
Overview

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.

Status: Released

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
AFC Christian Bourgois Productions Ciné Cinq Sara Films
Production Countries
France
Spoken Languages
English French

Quick Facts

Release Date May 26, 1989
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0098000

Cast

Jean-Hugues Anglade
Jean-Hugues Anglade

Rossignol/Xavier

Clémentine Célarié
Clémentine Célarié

Christine

Otto Tausig
Otto Tausig

Peter Schlemihl

T.P. Jain
T.P. Jain

Le docteur

Iftekhar
Iftekhar

Le professeur de théosophie

Dipti Dave
Dipti Dave

Vimla Sar

Ratna Bhooshan
Ratna Bhooshan

La patronne de l'hôtel Khajurao

Tinku Parma
Tinku Parma

L'écolière

Vijay Kashyap
Vijay Kashyap

La réceptionniste de l'hôtel Mandovi

Jaspal Sandhu
Jaspal Sandhu

Le chauffeur du bus

Ashok Banthia
Ashok Banthia

Le chauffeur du taxi de l'hôpital

Vijai Gautam
Vijai Gautam

Le serveur de l'hôtel Mandovi

Key Crew

Maurice Bernart
Producer
Alain Sarde
Executive Producer
Alain Corneau
Director
Louis Gardel
Writer
Alain Corneau
Writer