Hécate
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'''''Hécate''''' is a 1982 Swiss [[drama film]] directed and co-written by [[Daniel Schmid]]. Adapted from [[Paul Morand]]’s novel ''Hécate et ses chiens'', it stars [[Bernard Giraudeau]] and [[Lauren Hutton]] and follows a love story set in colonial-era Morocco. The film premiered in 1982 and was screened in competition at the [[33rd Berlin International Film Festival]] in 1983. It was later screened at festivals including Buenos Aires, Ankara and Zurich. |
'''''Hécate''''' is a 1982 Swiss [[drama film]] directed and co-written by [[Daniel Schmid]]. Adapted from [[Paul Morand]]’s novel ''Hécate et ses chiens'', it stars [[Bernard Giraudeau]] and [[Lauren Hutton]] and follows a love story set in colonial-era Morocco. The film premiered in 1982 and was screened in competition at the [[33rd Berlin International Film Festival]] in 1983. It was later screened at festivals including Buenos Aires, Ankara and Zurich.>{{Cite web |title=Hécate |url=https://www.swissfilms.ch/en/movie/hecate/071dd7ec473e4dae95b93eba95f995dc |access-date=24 April 2026 |website=Swiss Films}}>>{{Cite web |title=Hécate, maîtresse de la nuit |url=https://live.cinematheque.ch/films/hcate-matresse-de-la-nuit |access-date=24 April 2026 |website=Cinémathèque suisse |language=fr}}> |
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== Synopsis == |
== Synopsis == |
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Adapted from [[Paul Morand]]’s novel ''[[Hécate et ses chiens]]'',> the film follows Julien Rochelle, a young French diplomat posted to North Africa. Restless in a community of displaced colonial figures, he meets Clothilde, and their casual liaison develops into an obsession that continues to affect him years later. |
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=== Critical response === |
=== Critical response === |
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''Filmo'' described ''Hécate'' as grand cinema, a classical love story set in Morocco’s diplomatic circles and given an absorbing visual style by Schmid and cinematographer Renato Berta.{{Cite web |title=Hécate |url=https://www.filmo.ch/Edition/katalog/staffel-7/hecate.html |access-date=24 April 2026 |website=Filmo |language=de}} ''[[Filmdienst]]'' described the film as a colonial-era Moroccan love story that moves between melodrama and a subtly critical reinterpretation of male passion and self-destruction. |
''Filmo'' described ''Hécate'' as a work of grand cinema, a classical love story set in Morocco’s diplomatic circles and given an absorbing visual style by Schmid and cinematographer Renato Berta.{{Cite web |title=Hécate |url=https://www.filmo.ch/Edition/katalog/staffel-7/hecate.html |access-date=24 April 2026 |website=Filmo |language=de}} ''[[Filmdienst]]'' described the film as a colonial-era Moroccan love story that moves between melodrama and a subtly critical reinterpretation of male passion and self-destruction. |
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== Festival screenings == |
== Festival screenings == |
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