Overview
Anna is a psychologist undertaking research about famous suicidal women. She takes a specific interest in the case of Antonieta Rivas Mercado, who killed herself in 1931 in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris.
Fun facts
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Filming locations
Filmed in Paris and Mexico
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Setting
Set in Paris
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Teodoro Escamilla
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Jean-Claude CarrièreWriter
- Andrés HenestrosaWriter
- Antonieta RivasWriter
- Carlos SauraWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 21, 1982
- Original language
- French
- Countries
- France, Mexico, Spain
Production
Cast
Hanna SchygullaAnna
Isabelle AdjaniAntonieta Rivas Mercado
Ignacio López TarsoVargas
Carlos BrachoJosé Vasconcelos
Gonzalo VegaManuel Rodriguez Lozano
Bruno ReyAlvaro Obregon
Víctor JuncoPorfirio Díaz
Víctor AlcocerOrador
Narciso BusquetsArq. Rivas Mercado- Fernando PalaviciniFriend of Vasconcelos
- José LavatEsposo
- Erika CarlssonNorteamericana
Sebastián LigardeEsposo Norteamericana
Diego Luna(uncredited)- Claude MerlinSacerdote
Guylène PéanSuicida
Carina BaroneAmericana
Guy LouretSacerdote
François MarthouretPierre
Héctor AlterioLeón
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