The whole film takes place in a single room where representatives of the two political forces and their enemy "the Jew" are gathered. A female character establishes the dialogue between these individuals and comments on the ideology of each; Until the final scene where everyone seems to rally to a common idea.
Writing
Duras's circular, hypnotic dialogue builds suffocating tension.
Direction
Static staging makes the room feel inescapable.
Director
Marguerite Duras
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Duras made this immediately after India Song, and both films explore how colonial and political structures devour individual identity through repetition.
Dionys Mascolo, who plays one of the Jews, was Duras's husband and a prominent communist theorist — their real political arguments reportedly fueled the screenplay.
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