Noroit

Name: Noroit
Released: 1977

Jacques Rivette

French New Wave piracy revenge experimental cinema adaptation female protagonists

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Noroît (Une vengeance) is a 1976 experimental adventure fantasy drama directed by Jacques Rivette. The title is an alteration of nord-ouest (north-west), meaning the direction or the wind from that direction (in English, a "nor'wester"). The story is loosely based on Thomas Middleton's The Revenger's Tragedy. The film stars Geraldine Chaplin and Bernadette Lafont as pirates. Noroît would have fol

Year1977

CountryFrance

DirectorJacques Rivette

MovementFrench New Wave

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