Hecate

Hecate (1982)

October 22nd, 19821h 45min

Drama, Romance
54%

Overview

Set amid the European community in an unspecified North African country, a colony on the verge of nationalism just before the war. And colonized is what happens to a French diplomat, Julien Rochelle, when he meets the mysterious beauty Clothilde de Watteville. Schmid 's favorite axiom, that love is projection, never had such a thorough airing. Is Clothilde really the wife of a French official now holed up in Siberia? Or is she Hecate, goddess of black magic and devourer of the Arab boys she meets far from the European quarter? Only our projections know for sure; for the rest, she is a "woman looking out into the night." Drawn from a novel by Paul Morand, who based the main character on his wife Helene, Schmid's film achieves an atmosphere of magic in which psychological credibility is not so much absent as irrelevant-a film that distances itself from the drama it invokes, perhaps as the elusive Clothilde turns her back on the madness she provokes.


Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!

Trailer

Similar Movies

Freedom Writers

Freedom Writers


Released on: 2007-01-05
Crime, Drama

A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pur...

The Motorcycle Diaries

The Motorcycle Diaries


Released on: 2004-02-06
Drama

Based on the journals of Che Guevara, leader of the Cuban Revolution. In his memoirs, Guevara recoun...

Last Days

Last Days


Released on: 2005-06-12
Drama

The life and struggles of a notorious rock musician seeping into a pit of loneliness whose everyday ...

Cinta Tak Pernah Tepat Waktu

Cinta Tak Pernah Tepat Waktu


Released on: 2025-02-13
Drama, Romance

Daku, a writer, feels pressed for time to find true love. In the midst of a complicated journey, he ...

Moffie

Moffie


Released on: 2020-03-13
Drama, War, Romance

A young man in 1981 South Africa must complete his brutal and racist two years of compulsory militar...

The Grump: In Search of an Escort

The Grump: In Search of an Escort


Released on: 2022-09-09
Comedy, Drama

Grump's life follows the same familiar routines: spring is here and the early potato harvest is ripe...

The Girl from the Other Side

The Girl from the Other Side


Released on: 2023-05-16
Animation, Drama, Mystery, Fantasy

Once upon a time, in a far, faraway place, there were two lands. The world was divided into an inner...

The Princess Bride

The Princess Bride


Released on: 1987-09-25
Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Comedy, Romance

In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Westley mu...

The Bourne Identity

The Bourne Identity


Released on: 2002-06-14
Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Wounded to the brink of death and suffering from amnesia, Jason Bourne is rescued at sea by a fisher...

The Bourne Supremacy

The Bourne Supremacy


Released on: 2004-07-23
Action, Drama, Thriller

A CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent, who then shows u...

The Bourne Ultimatum

The Bourne Ultimatum


Released on: 2007-08-03
Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Bourne is brought out of hiding once again by reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation ...

Our Mother's House

Our Mother's House


Released on: 1967-09-14
Drama, Thriller

Seven British children bury their mother and hide her death, until their long-lost father returns.

Madame Bovary

Madame Bovary


Released on: 1991-03-03
Romance, Drama, History

Bored with the limited and tedious nature of provincial life in 19th-century France, the fierce and ...

The Diary of Anne Frank

The Diary of Anne Frank


Released on: 1959-03-18
Drama, History

The true, harrowing story of a young Jewish girl who, with her family and their friends, is forced i...

The Mothman Prophecies

The Mothman Prophecies


Released on: 2002-01-25
Drama, Horror, Mystery

Reporter John Klein is plunged into a world of impossible terror and unthinkable chaos when fate dra...

What Lies Beneath

What Lies Beneath


Released on: 2000-07-21
Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller

When Claire Spencer starts hearing ghostly voices and seeing spooky images, she wonders if an otherw...

Earth and Ashes

Earth and Ashes


Released on: 2004-05-13
Drama

Elderly Dastaguir and his newly deaf 5-year-old grandson Yassin hitchhike and walk, but mostly walk,...

Indochine

Indochine


Released on: 1992-04-15
Drama, Romance

Set in colonial French Indochina during the 1930s to 1950s, this is the story of Éliane Devries, a F...

Naked Lunch

Naked Lunch


Released on: 1991-12-27
Crime, Drama

Blank-faced bug killer Bill Lee and his dead-eyed wife, Joan, like to get high on Bill's pest poison...

Dwellers

Dwellers


Released on: 2021-10-12
Horror, Thriller, Drama, Mystery

While shooting a documentary on the suspicious disappearances within the homeless community, a filmm...