Overview
An aged, wealthy trader plots with his servant to recreate a maritime tall tale, using a local woman and an unknown sailor as actors.
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Auto-generatedDirected by Orson Welles and released in 1968, this drama follows an aging, wealthy merchant who, with the help of his clerk, schemes to stage a legendary sailor's tale as if it were real, casting a local woman and an unknown seaman in the leading roles. A spare, literary chamber piece tinged with romance, it meditates on power, storytelling and the line between fantasy and lived experience. Elegant, melancholy and deliberately measured, it carries a MagicMovieScore of 7.1. The film will reward admirers of Welles, classic art-house cinema and intimate, idea-driven dramas about the seductions of myth-making.
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Top Cast
Jeanne Moreau
Virginie Ducrot
Orson Welles
Charles Clay
Roger Coggio
Elishama Levinsky
Norman Eshley
Paul, the sailor
Fernando Rey
Merchant
Community84 votes
7.1
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6.1 ★
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6.14
95% interval
±0.14
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84
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Movie Info
Release Date
June 1, 1968
Runtime
0h 58m
Genres
Drama, Romance, TV Movie
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