Adjani dies beautifully in a cathedral and you're invited to psychoanalyze why.
Anna is a psychologist undertaking research about famous suicidal women. She takes a specific interest in the case of Antonieta Rivas Mercado, who killed herself in 1931 in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris.
Acting
Adjani's possessed, luminous fragility—she's barely human.
Cinematography
Saura's sepia fever dreams bleeding into documentary reality.
Costume
Antonieta's actual wardrobe: revolutionary chic meets inevitable doom.
Director
Carlos Saura
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