Quartet

Quartet (1981)

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No relation to the 1949 Somerset Maugham "omnibus" film of the same name, 1981's Quartet is based on the roman a clef by Jean Rhys. Though the names are changed, it is clearly the story of Rhys' romance with Ford Maddox Ford in 1920s Paris. The titular quartet consists of novelist Isabelle Adjani,… More

R, 1 hr. 40 min.
Directed By
James Ivory
Genres
Drama, Romance, Art House & International
In Theaters
Oct 25, 1981 Wide
On DVD
Feb 24, 2004

Critic Reviews

  • Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com

    Frankly, you'll find much better works from the Merchant-Ivory collection.

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  • Walter M


    [font=Century Gothic]In "Quartet," it is Paris, 1927, and Marya's(Isabelle Adjani) husband, Stephan(Anthony Higgins), an art dealer, has just been sentenced to a year of jail and expulsion from France for theft, leaving her with no visible means of support.(Marya had… More

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