La Chair de l'orchidée
| La Chair de l'orchidée | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Patrice Chéreau |
| Written by | James Hadley Chase (novel) Jean-Claude Carrière Patrice Chéreau |
| Produced by | Vincent Malle |
| Starring | Charlotte Rampling Bruno Cremer Edwige Feuillère Simone Signoret Alida Valli Hans Christian Blech |
| Cinematography | Pierre Lhomme |
| Edited by | Pierre Gillette |
| Music by | Fiorenzo Carpi |
| Distributed by | Fox-Lira |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
| Countries | France Italy West Germany |
| Language | French |
La Chair de l'orchidée (The Flesh of the Orchid) is a 1975 film by Patrice Chéreau as his directorial debut, adapted by him and by Jean-Claude Carrière from the 1948 book The Flesh of the Orchid by British writer James Hadley Chase, "a pulp-novel sequel to No Orchids for Miss Blandish" (1939). The film stars Charlotte Rampling, Simone Signoret, Bruno Cremer, Edwige Feuillère and, in a cameo, Alida Valli.