
Overview
In a secluded hotel circumscribed by a dense forest Max and Alissa Thor meet Stein and Elisabeth. Max, a professor of future history and an aspiring author, is immediately attracted to the brooding wife of industrialist Bernard Alione, Elisabeth, who is recovering from a miscarriage. Stein, a German Jew and potential writer, is infatuated by Alissa, Max's young wife and former student. During their sojourn the guests' identities gradually meld.
Fun facts
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Based on
Based on Destroy, She Said
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Jean Penzer
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Marguerite DurasWriter
- Original title
- Détruire, dit-elle
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 25, 1969
- Original language
- French
- Countries
- France

























