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Immortal Story (Histoire immortelle)
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport) (England-Import)
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WeIIes' second-to-last feature, The lmmortal Story is an adaptationof a book by Danish author Isak Dinesen and stars Jeanne Moreau.
The year is 1860 in the Portuguese colony of Macao, Mr. CIay (Welles) is an aging, rich merchant, who is the subject of town gossip. He likes his cIerk Levinsky (Roger Coggio), to read to him to heIp him relax in the evenings and one night he recounts a taIe about a rich man who paid a poor saiIor five guineas to father a child with his beautifuI young wife. Mr. CIay has no wife and no heir to his fortune and resoIves to make the story true...Levinsky approaches Virginie Ducrot (Moreau), another clerk's mistress, and strikes a bargain for 300 guineas. Now to find the sailor... |
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