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Quartet (1981)

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Summary: The titular quartet consists of novelist Isabelle Adjani, her Polish husband Anthony Higgins, wealthy philanderer Alan Bates and Bates' artist wife Maggie Smith. Though she's been indulgent of Higgins' past indiscretions, Smith isn't keen on her husband carrying on an affair with Adjani under their own roof. Meanwhile, Higgins sits in prison, jailed for his various petty thefts. Once Higgins is released, he learns about the Bates-Adjani-Smith contretemps. (allmovie.com)

Genres: Romance, Drama

Country: UK

Directed By: James Ivory

Written By: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Jean Rhys

Starring: Isabelle Adjani, Alan Bates, Maggie Smith, Suzanne Flon, Pierre Clémenti, Anthony Higgins

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na	-BigEvil-	75	T₆
The set-up is simple enough, but the execution is anything but. A woman finds herself torn in several directions, a host of characters trying to pull the strings according to their own complicated motivations. There are a number of intense confrontations, and the acting is - for lack of something less cliche - a tour de force. Also notable for its vivid early 20th century Parisian atmosphere.
na	kastenm	67	T₄
na	allisoncm	52	T₃
na	JooJoo	6	T₆
na	imdb	65	T₆
na	Theodora	77	T₇
na	filmaffinity	60	T₄
na	kangadoodoo	65	T₇
na	Maps	81	T₇