La Belle captive

La Belle captive
Film poster
Directed byAlain Robbe-Grillet
Screenplay byAlain Robbe-Grillet
Produced byAnatole Dauman
Starring
CinematographyHenri Alekan
Edited byBob Wade
Production
companies
  • Argos films
  • FR3 Cinema
Distributed byArgos films
Release date
  • 1983 (1983) (France)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryFrance

La Belle captive is a 1983 French avant-garde film directed by Alain Robbe-Grillet. A playful mystery, the film combines elements of erotic allure and supernatural horror with a pulp fiction plot. Suffused with visual surrealism, it often explicitly evokes the works of René Magritte.