La Chair de l'orchidée (Flesh and the Orchid) (1975)
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The heiress Claire (Charlotte Rampling) in this movie is the daughter of the Miss Blandish of the film No Orchids for Miss Blandish. She has been raised under the unsympathetic eye of her aunt (Edwige Feuillere), who has no intention of seeing her receive her large inheritance. A somewhat violent… More The heiress Claire (Charlotte Rampling) in this movie is the daughter of the Miss Blandish of the film No Orchids for Miss Blandish. She has been raised under the unsympathetic eye of her aunt (Edwige Feuillere), who has no intention of seeing her receive her large inheritance. A somewhat violent girl (her father was a mentally retarded killer), she has been confined in a mental asylum. All the men who help her meet tragedy and death in the course of the film, but Claire gets help from other quarters, and her prospects look good. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- Directed By
- Patrice Chéreau
- Written By
- James Hadley Chase, Jean-Claude Carriere
- Genres
- Drama, Art House & International, Mystery & Suspense
- In Theaters
- Jan 29, 1975 Wide
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Cast
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Charlotte Rampling
as Claire
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Bruno Cremer
as Delage
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Edwige Feuillère
as Madam Bastier-Wagener
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Simone Signoret
as Lady Vamos
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Hugues Quester
as Marcucci
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Alida Valli
as La foile de la gare
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Hans Christian Blech
as Gyula
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Francois Simon
as Joszef Berekian
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Roland Bertin
as Businessman
- Micheline Bona
- Günter Meisner
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Eve Francis
as Delage's Mother