Complex sentence: The painting has a symbolic role in the a short novel "Le Roi Cophétua" by the French writer Julien Gracq (1970)-which in turn inspired the film "Rendez-vous à Bray", directed by the Belgian cineaste André Delvaux.
Split into simpler sentences: The painting has a symbolic role in the a short novel "Le Roi Cophétua" by the French writer Julien Gracq (1970). This in turn inspired the film "Rendez-vous à Bray", directed by the Belgian cineaste André Delvaux.