Title: Détruire, dit-elle
Authors: Duras, Marguerite; Bergeret, Jean-Claude.
Publisher: Benoit Jacob Video,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Duras, Marguerite Film and video adaptations.; Interpersonal relations Drama
Abstract: Duras' first film as director is a psychodrama based on her own play written in the wake of the 1968 events in Paris. Five people isolated in a hotel become enmeshed in a ritualistic game. Two women in the group absorb part of each others' personality in a manner comparable to that of principal characters in Bergman's Persona. Duras' method, which she followed in subsequent films, was to write the scenario and film quickly in a matter of days, stripping the work to its basic elements.