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Norot (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Norot (Une vengeance)' is a 1976 experimental adventure fantasy drama directed by Jacques Rivette. The title is an alteration of 'nord-ouest' (north-west), meaning the direction or the wind from that direction (in English, a "nor'wester"). The story is loosely based on Thomas Middleton's 'The Revenger's Tragedy'. The film stars Geraldine Chaplin and Bernadette Lafont as pirates. 'Norot' would have followed 'Duelle' (1976) as the third episode of the intended four-film series 'Scnes de la vie parallle' (the first being a supernatural love story and the fourth a musical).(Rivette, interview with Serge Daney and Jean Narboni in 'Cahiers du Cinma' no. 323-324, May 1981; cited in 'Jacques Rivette, secret compris', by Hlne Frappat,' Cahiers du cinma', 2001, pg. 150)
Plot
On a beach, Morag (Chaplin) weeps over the lifeless corpse of her brother, Shane and vows to avenge his death. Shane was killed by Giulia (Lafont), the leader of a band of pirates that inhabit the island's castle. Amongst Giulia's band are three men, Jacob, Ludovico and Arno. Morag enlists Erika to be a spy in the pirate's castle and she is employed by Giulia as a bodyguard. Giulia's pirate gang attack a boat and Erika attempts to use the distraction as an opportunity for Morag to stab Giulia. However, the plot fails when Morag is hesitant; the boat attack continues and Jacob is injured.
Morag uses her dead brother's body as a trap to ensnare another Giulia ally, Regina. She pours poison on the lips of Shane and leaves him in Jacob's bed. Erika and Morag organize a theater where they mimic the scenario of Regina's death. In a rage by the turn of events, Giulia kills a pirate. She then decides to send Jacob to seduce Erika. Meanwhile, Ludovico attempts to discover the location of hidden treasure. Morag is betrayed by Erika and stabs her. At a masked ball hosted by Giulia, Morag decides to attend and finally avenge Shane. In the battle of the two women, they kill each other.[http://www.cineclubdecaen.com/realisat/rivette/noroit.htm Norot] Club de Caen. Retrieved on 26 August 2011
Cast
*Geraldine Chaplin as Morag
*Bernadette Lafont as Giulia
*Kika Markham as Erika
*Humbert Balsan as Jakob
*Larrio Ekson as Ludovico
*Anne-Marie Reynaud as Arno
*Babette Lamy as Regina
*Danile Rosencranz as Celia
*lisabeth Lafont as Elisa
*Carole Laurenty as Charlotte
*Anne-Marie Fijal as Fiao
*Marie-Christine Meynard as Tony
*Anne Bedou as Romain
*Georges Gatecloud as Arno's brother
Production
The film was shot in 1975 in Brittany.
References
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