Synopsis
Quartet is the story of a girl who, adrift with her feckless husband amidst the literati of glittering Paris in the 1920s, becomes entrapped by a rich and sybaritic English couple. Adapted from the wistful, melancholy autobiographical novel by Jean Rhys, Quartet is full of intense confrontations dazzlingly acted by Alan Bates, Maggie Smith, Anthony Higgins, and Isabelle Adjani. This is one of the Merchant Ivory team’s darkest and most compelling dramas of dangerously intertwined relationships.
Cast
| Marya Zelli | Isabelle Adjani |
| Mme. Hautchamp | Suzanne Flon |
| Mr. Hautchamp | Sébastien Floche |
| Stephan Zelli | Anthony Higgins |
| Lois Heidler | Maggie Smith |
| Guy | Daniel Chatto |
| Anna | Sheila Gish |
| H.J. Heidler | Alan Bates |
| Esther | Paulita Sedgwick |
Credits
| Director | James Ivory |
| Screenplay | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala |
| From the novel by | Jean Rhys |
| French dialogue by | Michel Maingois |
| Producer | Ismail Merchant and Jean-Pierre Mahot |
| Associate producer | Humbert Baslan and Connie Kaiserman |
| Music | Richard Robbins |
| Cinematography | Pierre Lhomme |
| Editing | Humphrey Dixon |
| Production Design | Jean-Jacques Caziot |
| Costumes | Judy Moorcroft |
Disc Features
- Digital transfer, enhanced for widescreen televisions
- Conversation with the filmmakers, part of a new series of interviews with Ismail Merchant, James Ivory, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, and Richard Robbins
- Original theatrical trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
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