Nocturne Indien
1989 · 110 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 539 VOTES · DIR. Alain Corneau
Overview
The enigmatic but vivid imagery of this loosely plotted film is based on a similarly evocative novel by the Italian author Antonio Tabucchi, Noturno Indiano. An old friend of the hero's has been living in Bombay with a prostitute. His friend Peter Schlemihl (Otto Tausig) is a concentration camp survivor, who went to India after being captivated by a photograph he saw there. When the prostitute writes to him in Europe asking that he rescue his friend from a mysterious malaise, he flies into India to try and help. When he gets to Bombay, he discovers that his friend has disappeared. Following the clues left behind by the friend, and based on his acquaintance with him, he journeys to Madras to speak to a Theosophist dignitary there, and then journeys on to Portugues Goa. With each step of his journey, the hero (Jean-Hugues Anglade) becomes more identified with his friend, and re-enacts in his own person the transformations he must have experienced.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,062 lines
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00:00:50 INDIAN NOCTURNE
00:07:31 Don't know.
00:11:39 He was sick.
00:14:30 He loved the Arabian Sea...
00:18:27 No... you can't...
00:21:21 One day, he finally has the opportunity to make that trip.
00:27:04 Where you want to go, sir?
00:39:06 or he may be quite another god:
00:43:30 Well, it's a very long journey just to see a statue.
00:47:21 that statue doesn't represent the circle of life...
00:50:52 was a member of the Theosophical Society.
00:54:26 No, I'm not, I'm just curious about things like that.
00:58:05 No, but... it's strange,
01:01:00 the police discovered that the victim was an...
01:05:36 So, she's a fortune teller.
01:09:24 but it's too far... it's so far away...
01:16:34 Do you know them too?
01:19:41 "...and I chose to believe
01:22:44 Well yes, but err... how can I be really sure?
01:28:37 It is logical that we kept each other company.
01:32:29 I am very intrigued. Tell me about this film.
01:35:01 Ah finally! This is starting to get interesting.
01:37:09 We said a meal among friends, sharing the cost.
01:41:44 ... really?