Détruire, dit-elle [SEP] director
Détruire, dit-elle
Détruire, dit-elle is a 1969 French drama film directed by Marguerite Duras based on her book of the same title.
Cast.
- Catherine Sellers - Elisabeth Alione
- Michael Lonsdale - Stein
- Henri Garcin - Max Thor
- Nicole Hiss - Alissa
- Daniel Gélin - Bernard Alione
the nouveau roman movement started by Alain Robbe-Grillet, but critics take pains to distinguish Duras's style as distinct and inimitable. The book was published with the publishing house les Éditions de Minuit, which specialized in avant-garde works, unlike her previous works, which had been published by the more conventional Gallimard. Duras would not publish again with Minuit until "Détruire, dit-elle" of 1969, and thereafter continued to publish with Minuit.
The style is initially austere: in the initial chapters, the