The Trout (film)

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The Trout
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Directed by Joseph Losey
Written by Roger Vailland
Monique Lange
Joseph Losey
Produced byYves Rousset-Rouard
Starring Isabelle Huppert
CinematographyHenri Alekan
Edited byMarie Castro-Vasquez
Music by Richard Hartley
Distributed by Gaumont
Release date
  • 22 September 1982 (1982-09-22)
Running time
105 minutes [1]
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Budget$3 million [2]

The Trout (French : La Truite) is a 1982 French drama film directed by Joseph Losey based on the novel by Roger Vailland [3] and starring Isabelle Huppert. [1] This was the last film that Losey directed to be released in his lifetime, as he died two years after its release.

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Plot

Traumatized since her childhood, Frederique - nicknamed the Trout - retaliates against men by seducing them to exploit them without ever giving herself. She marries Galuchat, a homosexual, and lives for a while in Japan with Saint-Genis, a businessman whom she met at the same time as a rich couple, the Ramberts.

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References

  1. 1 2 Maslin, Janet (1 October 1982). "Isabelle Huppert in Losey's 'Trout'". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  2. Caute, David (1994). Joseph Losey. Oxford University Press. p. 450.
  3. "Festivals: New York 1982" . Retrieved 23 March 2014.

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