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Quartet is a 1981 historical drama film directed by James Ivory from a screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, based on the 1928 novel of the same name by Jean Rhys. The film stars Alan Bates, Maggie Smith, Isabelle Adjani and Anthony Higgins, and is set in 1927 Paris. It premiered at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival .
Marya (Isabelle Adjani), a former chorus girl of humble origins, is gleefully living it up in the decadence of 1920s Paris until Stephan (Anthony Higgins), her art dealer husband, is...
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The original trailer in high definition of Quartet directed by James Ivory and starring Isabelle Adjani, Alan Bates, Suzanne Flon and Maggie Smith.
Quartet (1981) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Released in United States 1999 (Shown at Avignon/New York Film Festival in New York City (French Institute) April 22 - May 2, 1999.) When her husband's arrest leaves her penniless, a woman accepts an invitation to move in with a strange couple.
In 1927 Paris, following the conviction of her art-dealer husband Stephan Zelli (Anthony Higgins) for theft for which he was handed a one-year prison sentence, Marya Zelli (Isabelle Adjani), originally from West India, moves in with her acquaintances, expatriate Brits H.J. (Sir Alan Bates) and Lois Heidler (Dame Maggie Smith).
May 16, 2019 · Whether the arc of Marya’s fate feels overly engineered to you or not, “Quartet” retains its power to unsettle in its accumulation of cuts and bruises, the rare Merchant-Ivory-Jhabvala ...
