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The Abyss is a french film of genre Drama directed by André Delvaux with Gian Maria Volonté

The Abyss (1988)

The Abyss
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Length 1h50
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OriginFrance
Genres Drama,    Science fiction,    Thriller
Rating69% 3.4694453.4694453.4694453.4694453.469445

The Abyss (French: L'Œuvre au noir) is a 1988 drama film directed by André Delvaux. It was entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival. It is based on the novel of the same name by Marguerite Yourcenar. The film received the André Cavens Award for Best Film by the Belgian Film Critics Association (UCC).

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Les Flandres, au milieu du XVIe siècle. Sébastien Theus, médecin alchimiste, dont le véritable nom est Zénon, revient clandestinement à Bruges, sa ville natale. Malgré de puissants protecteurs - dont le Prieur des Cordeliers - Zénon, recherché depuis longtemps pour dissidence et écrits subversifs, va être arrêté, jugé et condamné au bûcher.

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