Nocturne Indien

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Jean-Hugues Anglade

Rossignol/Xavier

Age : 68 | Popularity : 7%

Clémentine Célarié

Christine

Age : 66 | Popularity : 3%

Otto Tausig

Peter Schlemihl

Age : 89 | Popularity : 3%

T.P. Jain

Le docteur

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Iftekhar

Le professeur de théosophie

Age : 75 | Popularity : 4%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Production	Executive Producer	Alain Sarde
	Producer	Maurice Bernart
Sound	Sound Mixer	François Groult Jean-Louis Ughetto
	Sound	Pierre Gamet
Writing	Writer	Louis Gardel Alain Corneau Antonio Tabucchi
Directing	Director	Alain Corneau
	First Assistant Director	Frédéric Blum
Camera	Director of Photography	Yves Angelo
Editing	Editor	Thierry Derocles
Art	Production Design	Partho Sen-Gupta
Department	Role	Name

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