Wheel of Ashes

Name: Wheel of Ashes
Genre: Drama
Released: 1968-08-01
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 7.9
Cast: Pierre Clémenti, Katinka Bo, Pierre Basançon, Juliet Berto, Stasia Gelber

1968·Drama·1h 35m

7.9

★

A stripped-down account of a young man's existential reckoning. "As dust hides a mirror, lust hides the self," reads one of the film's Vedanta-sourced intertitles. And indeed, while the Pierre Clementi protagonist's inner life remains obscure, the Saint-Germain-des-Pres neighborhood that offers his temptations appears in harrowing detail.

Directed by Peter Emanuel Goldman

Trailer

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Cast

Pierre Clémenti

Pierre

Juliet Berto

Girl Playing Pinball 1

Judith Malina

Crazy Woman Preaching

Crew

Peter Emanuel Goldman

Director

Peter Emanuel Goldman

Writer

Joële Van Effenterre

Editor

Hugh A. Robertson

Music

Pierre-William Glenn

Camera Operator

Peter Emanuel Goldman

Camera Operator

Stephen Ujlaki

Production Director

Popular Reviews

14 reviews

polina

9.0★ · 02/06/25

‘i show you two paths> the path that leads back to birth > the path of no return’my new favorite hidden gem. It is an existential, melancholic, and psychosexual work that has dark reflections on death and symbolism, making it probably the most French thing in the world. ‘The fire within’ meets ‘The mother and the whore’, and ‘Je, tu, il, elle‘ sometimes. and the small role played by Juliet Berto has already captured my heart.

the visual images conveyed the main character's anxiety and lack of understanding of himself and his own desires, which was very appealing to me. this film accurately portrays the feelings of a person with depression. the constant need to alter something, despite the psychological impossibility of doing so. being trapped in your own emptiness and dissatisfied with yourself. the aspiration to rise above, advance spiritually, and quit self-destruction, but without making an effort due to the lack of moral strength. a somber narrative about perpetual moral stagnation that results in a lack of trust in one's own potential and the worth of one's existence.

Yusuf

8.0★ · 02/18/26

bu adam aynı ben

CaptainPancakes

How life starts to feel when you enter university

transcendentalbooks

im not so sure if im gonna become ascetic if i hv that chick all over me

Miriam Castillo

6.0★ · 06/23/25

El manejo de la cámara y el que cada toma es tan bellísima y lleno de un significado simbólico, lo dejo con esta calificación con el pretexto de verla una vez más para terminar de entender que nos quiere contar, por que seguramente no entendí ni la mitad, pero es realmente bella visualmente qué no me molesta verla mil veces