Nocturne Indien

Overview

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.

Cast

Jean-Hugues Anglade

Rossignol/Xavier

Clémentine Célarié

Christine

N/A

Otto Tausig

Peter Schlemihl

T.P. Jain

Le docteur

Iftekhar

Le professeur de théosophie

N/A

Dipti Dave

Vimla Sar

N/A

Ratna Bhooshan

La patronne de l'hôtel Khajurao

N/A

Tinku Parma

L'écolière

Vijay Kashyap

La réceptionniste de l'hôtel Mandovi

N/A

Jaspal Sandhu

Le chauffeur du bus

Ashok Banthia

Le chauffeur du taxi de l'hôpital

N/A

Vijai Gautam

Le serveur de l'hôtel Mandovi