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The Woman With Red Boots (La Femme aux bottes rouges, 1974) Director: Juan Luis Buñuel Presentation: Eurochannel offers tribute to the French star Catherine Deneuve with an exclusive presentation: The Women with Red Boots, a film directed by Juan Luis Buñuel, son of the legendary director Luis Buñuel, author of the timeless classic Un chien andalou, (1929).In this stirring film, Catherine works alongside Fernando Rey, who is renowned for his breathtaking performance as the sinister Alain Charnier in the Oscar winning picture The French Connection (1972), and his work with the famous Luis Buñuel. Buñuel first introduced Catherine to the international stage in the 1967's Belle de Jour. The three-way partnership would continue in the film Tristana (1970), finally culminating in The Women with Red Boots, a legendary cast of performers and filmmakers, united once again. Synopsis: A chance encounter throws the lives of three people into chaos. Avant garde writer Francoise (Catherine Deneuve) meets an elderly millionaire, who, for reasons unknown to her, begins a cruel game of cat-and-mouse, manipulating every facet of her life. The game’s stakes are soon raised, as the equally unsuspecting and happily married man Mark is drawn into the drama. Unbeknownst to the old man, however, Francoise possesses the unique ability to call up ghosts of the past – a past which may, for some, be best left forgotten. The old man invites Mark to his mansion for the grand finale of his performance, not knowing that things may not turn out the way he planned. |
