Viento del noroeste
Synopsis
On a beach, Morag (Chaplin) weeps over the lifeless corpse of her brother, Shane and vows to avenge his death. Shane was killed by Giulia (Lafont), the leader of a band of pirates that inhabit the island's castle. Amongst Giulia's band are three men, Jacob, Ludovico and Arno. Morag enlists Erika to be a spy in the pirate's castle and she is employed by Giulia as a bodyguard. Giulia's pirate gang attack a boat and Erika attempts to use the distraction as an opportunity for Morag to stab Giulia. However, the plot fails when Morag is hesitant and the boat attack continues and Jacob is injured.
Morag uses her dead brother's body as a trap to ensnare another Giulia ally, Regina. She pours poison on the lips of Shane and leaves him in Jacob's bed. Erika and Morag organize a theater where they mimic the scenario of Regina's death. In a rage by the turn of events, Giulia kills a pirate. She then decides to send Jacob to seduce Erika. Meanwhile, Ludovico attempts to discover the location of hi...
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Director (1)
Actors (10)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Sunchild Productions
- Film exports/foreign sales : Cité Films
Full credits (12)
- Executive Producer : Stéphane Tchalgadjieff
- Screenwriters : Jacques Rivette, Eduardo De Gregorio, Marilu Parolini
- Director of Photography : William Lubtchansky
- Music Composers : Robert Cohen-Solal, Jean Cohen-Solal
- Editor : Nicole Lubtchansky
- Sound Recordist : Pierre Gamet
- Producer : Stéphane Tchalgadjieff
- Assistant Operator : Robert Alazraki
- Camera operators : Robert Alazraki, Dominique Chapuis
- Assistant editor : Cristiana Tullio-Altan
- Continuity supervisor : Lydie Mahias
- Production Designer : Éric Simon
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- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction, Experimental
- Sub-genre : Philosophical tale, Adventure
- Production language : French
- Production country : France (100.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Yes
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Noroît is a 1976 experimental adventure fantasy drama directed by Jacques Rivette. It is loosely based on Cyril Tourneur's The Revenger's Tragedy. The film stars Geraldine Chaplin and Bernadette Lafont as pirates. Noroit follows Duelle (1976) as the second episode of the intended four film series, Scenes from a Parallel Life.
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