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Quartet is a french film of genre Drama directed by James Ivory released in USA on 25 october 1981 with Alan Bates
Quartet (1981)
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Add to a movie listQuartet is a 1981 Merchant Ivory Film, starring Isabelle Adjani, Maggie Smith, Anthony Higgins and Alan Bates, set in 1927 Paris. It premiered at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival and was an entry for the Sélection Officielle (Official Selection). It was adapted from the novel by the same name by Jean Rhys.
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The beautiful Marya "Mado" Zelli (Isabelle Adjani), is living with her husband Stephan (Anthony Higgins), a Polish art dealer, in 1927 Paris. When he is convicted of selling stolen artwork and imprisoned for one year, Marya is left penniless with no means to support herself. At Stephan's urging, she moves into the apartment of some acquaintances, H.J. Heidler (Alan Bates), a wealthy English art dealer, and his wife Lois (Maggie Smith), a painter. H.J. has a history of inviting vulnerable young women to move into the "spare room" only to seduce them. Lois permits this arrangement because she wants to keep H.J. from leaving her.Actors
Alan Bates
(H.J. Heidler)
Maggie Smith
(Lois Heidler)
Isabelle Adjani
(Marya 'Mado' Zelli)
Anthony Higgins
(Stephan Zelli)
Suzanne Flon
(Mme. Hautchamp)
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