La Paloma
Switzerland / France, 1974
FILM,
Fiction,
110 min.
- directed by
- Daniel Schmid
- Written by
- Daniel Schmid
- Status
- In distribution
Nightclub singer La Paloma succumbs to the persistent courting of a chubby rich admirer and marries him. Before the marriage, she was thought to be dying, but soon she is well. She believes her husband’s love has cured her, but her efforts to love him begin to fade as she discovers true love with her husband’s old school friend.
This heady exercise in excess mixes the operatic passion of La Traviata, stylish decadence of Stroheim and Sternberg, and the macabre glee of Grand Guignol.
credits
- World Premiere
- 1974
- Original Version
- German, colour, 35mm, 110 min.
- Production
- Citel Films, Artco Film, Les Films du Losange
- Producer
- directed by
- Daniel Schmid
- Written by
- Daniel Schmid
- Cinematography
- Renato Berta
- Editing
- Ila von Hasperg
- Location Sound Mix
- Luc Yersin
Cast
World Sales / World Rights
- World Sales
- Cinémathèque suisse
Festivals
(a selection)
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Strasbourg, 20e Festival Augenblick
05.11.2024 - 22.11.2024 -
Locarno, 76° Locarno Film Festival
02.08.2023 - 12.08.2023 -
Moscow, 37th Moscow International Film Festival
19.06.2015 - 26.06.2015 -
Buenos Aires, 13° Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independente
06.04.2011 - 17.04.2011 -
Neuchâtel, 10th Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival
04.07.2010 - 11.07.2010 -
Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
22.01.2007 - 28.01.2007 -
Hof, Internationale Hofer Filmtage
24.10.2006 - 29.10.2006 -
Montreal, 35th Festival Nouveau Cinéma Montréal
18.10.2006 - 28.10.2006 -
Mannheim-Heidelberg, Internationales Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg
09.11.2000 - 18.11.2000 -
La Rochelle, Festival International du film de La Rochelle
30.06.1994 - 10.06.1994