The Flesh of the Orchid
Original title: La chair de l'orchidée
“A mystery of body and soul that drowns in his gaze!”
1975 · 1 h 50 min
Patrice ChéreauCast
Charlotte Rampling 
Edwige Feuillère 
Bruno Cremer
Credits
Written by: 
James Hadley Chase
Plot
A young heiress, escaping from an asylum, is hunted by her guardians in 1930s Brittany. After James Hadley Chase.
Sinekatalog’s take
Patrice Chéreau's baroque thriller pursues a young heiress escaping an asylum through 1930s Brittany, with Charlotte Rampling and Edwige Feuillère. Lurid, stylised and operatic, it is a feverish but uneven debut in English-language noir.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.0 / 10 (808 votes)
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