Release Date

26 May, 1989

Runtime

01:50: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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.

Original Title

Nocturne Indien

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Actors

Jean-Hugues Anglade

Clémentine Célarié

Otto Tausig

T.P. Jain

Iftekhar

Dipti Dave

Ratna Bhooshan

Tinku Parma

Vijay Kashyap

Jaspal Sandhu

Ashok Banthia

Vijai Gautam

Arish Hamin

Jitendra Singh

Timoti Fernandes

Felzardo Goez

Ilstaique Khan

Ramesh Goyal

Mohammed Ali

Parnez

Jiji

Crew

Pierre Gamet

Yves Angelo

François Groult

Partho Sen-Gupta

Jean-Louis Ughetto

Frédéric Blum

Maurice Bernart

Alain Sarde

Thierry Derocles

Alain Corneau

Alain Corneau

Louis Gardel

Antonio Tabucchi