Afternoon of Mr. Marguerite Duras-Andesma

Author: (French) Marguerite Duras
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: It's a bit like Ravel's ballet Boléro. Two tones of sound come and go, cycling back and forth, hesitating to speak, endless and boundless. It truly deserves to be called a deeply surreal poetic piece. – Reviewer Liu Enbo
I've always told Marguerite, "If you have a work I want to adapt into a film, it's The Afternoon of Mr. Andesma." She replied, "If I haven't filmed it, you can do it after I'm gone." This was a film she wanted to make. – Film Director Michel Porter.
On a summer afternoon, the eighty-year-old Mr. Andesma waits for the terrace contractor to arrive at the new house he bought for his beloved only daughter. The protagonist's memories of the past, his fluctuating thoughts, and the interplay of light and shadow in the mountains create a melancholic atmosphere, foreshadowing the shadowed prospects of an aging, wealthy man.