La Belle Captive (1983): Besetzung, Handlung & Streaming

Released in 1983, La Belle Captive is a fantasy, drama and mystery film directed by Alain Robbe-Grillet, running about 88 minutes.

What it’s about. Walter is told by his boss, Sara, to deliver an urgent letter to Henri de Corinthe. On the way he finds a beautiful woman he had been eying in a nightclub, lying in the road, bound up. He takes her to a villa to get a doctor, and ends up being locked in a bedroom with her. While she is making love to him, he has visions of surrealistic images from René Magritte's paintings. In the morning, the girl, Marie-Ange, has vanished, the villa looks derelict, and his neck is bleeding. Was it all just a nightmare?

Who’s in it. La Belle Captive stars Daniel Mesguich as Walter Raim, Gabrielle Lazure as Marie-Ange van de Reeves, Cyrielle Clair as Sara Zeitgeist and Daniel Emilfork as Inspector Francis, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 6.4/10, La Belle Captive has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. In USA you can rent or buy it from Amazon Video. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch La Belle Captive page.

If you liked it. Fans of La Belle Captive tend to enjoy Der Herr der Ringe - Die Rückkehr des Königs, The Green Mile, Chihiros Reise ins Zauberland and Der Herr der Ringe - Die Gefährten.