Quartet
1981·Drama·1h 41m
7.0
★
When her husband's arrest leaves her penniless, a woman accepts an invitation to move in with a strange couple.
Directed by James Ivory
prison
theft
based on memoir or autobiography
couple
1920s
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Cast
Isabelle Adjani
Marya 'Mado' Zelli
Maggie Smith
Lois Heidler
Alan Bates
H.J. Heidler
Anthony Higgins
Stephan Zelli
Suzanne Flon
Mme. Hautchamp
Sheila Gish
Anna
Daniel Chatto
Guy
Pierre Clémenti
Theo
Daniel Mesguich
Pierre Schlamovitz
Armelia McQueen
Nightclub singer
Virginie Thévenet
Madmoiselle Chardin
Muriel Montossé
Marjorie
Crew
James Ivory
Director
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Writer
James Ivory
Screenplay
Richard Robbins
Original Music Composer
Pierre Lhomme
Director of Photography
Ismail Merchant
Producer
Richard King
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Popular Reviews
18 reviews
lululaWK
4.0★ · 01/24/26
Lowkey this was the plot of the housemaid
Lowkey this was the plot of the housemaid
Jagdish
6.6★ · 07/28/24
QUARTET ends on this chilling note:
“Nowadays people live in a dirty way. There is no tradition. There is nothing beautiful.”
Despite the star power of Adjani and Smith, the film fails to dig deeper into the mores of a woman in this era, or even circumstance. Are the means to a woman’s survival (irregardless of privilige) tied to the whims of your husband? Was Smith’s Lois an unwilling cuck in her in own marriage? Why weren’t the complexities of Adjani’s Mado to fall in love with a married man (considering the circumstance) more tumultuous? The final scene in which Adjani is momentarily destitute before being taken in by another strange man is ultimately devastating and perhaps the antithesis of the film.
A good review here
“Nowadays people live in a dirty way. There is no tradition. There is nothing beautiful.”
Despite the star power of Adjani and Smith, the film fails to dig deeper into the mores of a woman in this era, or even circumstance. Are the means to a woman’s survival (irregardless of privilige) tied to the whims of your husband? Was Smith’s Lois an unwilling cuck in her in own marriage? Why weren’t the complexities of Adjani’s Mado to fall in love with a married man (considering the circumstance) more tumultuous? The final scene in which Adjani is momentarily destitute before being taken in by another strange man is ultimately devastating and perhaps the antithesis of the film.
A good review here
QUARTET ends on this chilling note:
“Nowadays people live in a dirty way. There is no tradition. There is nothing beautiful.”
Despite the star power of Adjani and Smith, the film fails to dig deeper into the mores of a woman in this era, or even circumstance. Are the means to a woman’s survival (irregardless of privilige) tied to the whims of your husband? Was Smith’s Lois an unwilling cuck in her in own marriage? Why weren’t the complexities of Adjani’s Mado to fall in love with a married man (considering the circumstance) more tumultuous? The final scene in which Adjani is momentarily destitute before being taken in by another strange man is ultimately devastating and perhaps the antithesis of the film.
A good review here
“Nowadays people live in a dirty way. There is no tradition. There is nothing beautiful.”
Despite the star power of Adjani and Smith, the film fails to dig deeper into the mores of a woman in this era, or even circumstance. Are the means to a woman’s survival (irregardless of privilige) tied to the whims of your husband? Was Smith’s Lois an unwilling cuck in her in own marriage? Why weren’t the complexities of Adjani’s Mado to fall in love with a married man (considering the circumstance) more tumultuous? The final scene in which Adjani is momentarily destitute before being taken in by another strange man is ultimately devastating and perhaps the antithesis of the film.
A good review here
anica
5.0★ · 04/06/24
isabelle adjani........ baby no what is this
isabelle adjani........ baby no what is this
Jéssica Delpupo
1.9★ · 12/12/23
Única coisa boa neste aqui é a Isabelle, tadinha sempre ficando maluca por causa de um homem feio
Única coisa boa neste aqui é a Isabelle, tadinha sempre ficando maluca por causa de um homem feio
lik
4.3★ · 09/05/23
isabelle adjani can never catch a break
isabelle adjani can never catch a break