Hecate (Hécate) 42 years old
Words usually come too late
Set amid the European community in an unspecified North African country, a colony on the verge of nationalism just before the war. And colonized is what happens to a French diplomat, Julien Rochelle, when he meets the mysterious beauty Clothilde de Watteville. Schmid 's favorite axiom, that love is projection, never had such a thorough airing. Is Clothilde really the wife of a French official now holed up in Siberia? Or is she Hecate, goddess of black magic and devourer of the Arab boys she meets far from the European quarter? Only our projections know for sure; for the rest, she is a "woman looking out into the night." Drawn from a novel by Paul Morand, who based the main character on his wife Helene, Schmid's film achieves an atmosphere of magic in which psychological credibility is not so much absent as irrelevant-a film that distances itself from the drama it invokes, perhaps as the elusive Clothilde turns her back on the madness she provokes.
Credits
Hecate Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Lauren Hutton She was 39, now 81 years old | as Clotilde |
| Bernard Giraudeau He was 36, 63 years old when he died | as Julien Rochelle |
| Jean-Pierre Kalfon He was 45, now 86 years old | as Massard |
| Jean Bouise He was 54, 60 years old when he died | as le consul de France |
| Gérard Desarthe He was 38, now 79 years old | as Le colonel de Watteville |
| Teco Celio He was 31, now 72 years old | as Le capitaine Berta |
| Rose-Marie Schneider |
Hecate Crew
| Name | Department |
|---|---|
| Pascal Jardin as Writer. He was 49 (46) years old when He died | Writing |
| Nicole Lubtchansky as Editor. She was 46 (77) years old when She died | Editing |
| Raúl Giménez as Production Design. He was 32 (now 73) years old | Art |
| Raúl Giménez as Thanks. He was 32 (now 73) years old | Crew |
| Aurore Clément as Thanks. She was 38 (now 79) years old | Crew |
| Carlos d'Alessio as Music. He was 47 (56) years old when He died | Sound |
| Renato Berta as Director of Photography. He was 38 (now 79) years old | Camera |
| Christian Gasc as Thanks. He was 36 (now 78) years old | Crew |
| Pierre Héros as Producer. | Production |
| Pierre Philippe as Thanks. | Crew |
| Jean-Luc Wey as Camera Operator. | Camera |
Hecate (42 years)
Words usually come too late
- Release day: Sunday, November 21, 1982
- Runtime: 105 minutes