La vallée
From The Grindhouse Cinema Database
La vallée (1972, France) is a Cult-Surreal/Experimental-Hippie-Road-Genre Mix Em Up film directed by Barbet Schroeder.
Main Details
- Released on July 11, 1972 (France)
- Color
- Running time: 101 minutes
- Production Co.: Les Films du Losange | Société Nouvelle de Cinématographie (SNC) (co-production) | Circle Associates Ltd. (uncredited)
- Distribution Co.: Lagoon (1977) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled) | Société Nouvelle de Cinématographie (SNC) (1972) (France) (theatrical)
- Directed by Barbet Schroeder
- Written by Barbet Schroeder and Paul Gégauff
- Starring: Bulle Ogier, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Michael Gothard
- Original music by Pink Floyd
Plot Summary
- Filmmaker Barbet Schroeder explores themes of sexual freedom, mind alteration, and pursuit of paradise against the backdrop of an early 70's encounter with the Mapuga rain forest tribe in upland New Guinea.