"When her husband's arrest leaves her penniless, a woman accepts an invitation to move in with a strange couple."
Isabelle Adjani
as Marya 'Mado' Zelli
Maggie Smith
as Lois Heidler
Alan Bates
as H.J. Heidler
Anthony Higgins
as Stephan Zelli
Suzanne Flon
as Mme. Hautchamp
Sheila Gish
as Anna
Daniel Chatto
as Guy
Pierre Clémenti
as Theo
Daniel Mesguich
as Pierre Schlamovitz
Armelia McQueen
as Nightclub singer
Wiley Wood
as Cairn
Virginie Thévenet
as Madmoiselle Chardin
Muriel Montossé
as Marjorie
Hélène Shirley
as Adriana
Caroline Loeb
as Nun
Arlette Spetebroot
as Drowned Girl
Josine Comellas
as Café Patronne
Monique Mauclair
as Hotel Concierge
Sébastien Floche
as Edouard
Paulita Sedgwick
as Esther
Bernice Stegers
as Miss Nicholson
Isabelle Canto da Maya
as Cri-Cri
François Viaur
as Lefranc
Dino Zanghi
as Prison Guard
Michel Such
Jean-Pierre Dravel
Annie Noël
as Maid
Maurice Ribot
as Pianist
Pierre Julien
as Impresario
Humbert Balsan
as Impresario's Friend
Serge Marquand
as Night Club Owner
as Night Club Singer
as Pornographer
Jeffrey Kime
as James
Anne-Marie Brissonière
as Les Oiseaux
Marie-France De Bourges
Brigitte Hermetz
Romain Brémond
as Youth
as Schlamovitz
Bonnafet Tarbouriech
as Prison Guard (uncredited)
James Ivory
Director
Jean-Jacques Caziot
Production Design
Pierre Lhomme
Director of Photography
Richard Robbins
Original Music Composer
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Writer
Ismail Merchant
Producer
Jean Rhys
Novel
Michel Maingois
Dialogue
Robert Christidès
Set Dresser
Bernard Bats
Sound
David Renton
Sound Editor
Pierre Abraham
Gaffer
Elizabeth Aldrich
Choreographer
Screenplay
Richard King
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Hugues de Laugardière
Assistant Director
Jennifer Patrick
Dialogue Coach
Judy Moorcroft
Costume Design
Pierre Berroyer
Hairstylist
Humphrey Dixon
Editor
Tommie Manderson
Makeup Artist
Ken Lintott
Jean-Pierre Mahot
