Baxter, Vera Baxter
“Baxter, Vera Baxter bears a surface resemblance to India Song in its visual elegance, linking music to its subject matter: a woman in the midst of an emotional crisis.... As Gene Moskowitz described the ‘narrative' in Variety, it ‘tries to probe the psyche of a cold, remote thirtyish woman whose husband...has practically sold her to get rid of a gambling debt. An unknown woman (Delphine Seyrig) questions her about her life, having been drawn to her name, which she heard in a bar.... A voice comments on the woman, who is played with poise and glassy stares by newcomer Claudine Gabay. She sits in a villa as she tries to understand her life...” Duras creates a fascination with this woman and her emotional duress through continuing shots of the sea and the cold, austere villa, and the oblique conversations which echo previous actions. It is a film about a woman contemplating suicide in which calm elegance becomes a metaphor for despair.” London Film Festival
The film has no English subtitles, however a written English synopsis will be provided.