The Lovers of Teruel
08/06/1962
This puzzling experimental film is written and directed by Raymond Rouleau, who uses effects like changing color tones and masks to put across a drama within a dance drama. The set is a sound stage and the actors in this film are dancers on the stage, performing a mime-ballet derived from one particular legend. Both the enacted legend and the actual events affecting the dancers are parallel. The lead dancer Isa (Ludmila Tcherina) is still nursing her wounds after her first love left her to stand alone at the altar. Now one of the dancers wants to expand his relationship with Isa -- and soon after, the cad who jilted her suddenly shows up again. Tragedy follows closely behind.
Movie Information
Ludmilla Tchérina
as Isa
René-Louis Lafforgue
as Huckster
Milko Sparemblek
as Manuel
Milenko Banovitch
as Diego
Stevan Grebel
as Grebelito
Philippe Rouleau
as Lover
Antoine Marin
as Pablo
Max Doria
as
Jeanne Herviale
as (uncredited)
Luce Fabiole
as
Bernadette Stern
as Lover
Marcel Rouzé
as
Jean Saudray
as Cyclist
