The Abyss

APPROPIATE

1988 / 110min.

Rating5.2

Genres

Drama

Synopsis

The Inquisition is in full swing in 16th century Flanders. Wanted for his dissident writings, the alchemist doctor Zeno has been wandering Europe under an assumed name for twenty years. But he remains a non-conformist. He returns to his native Bruges, where he thinks he has been forgotten. In this silent labyrinth where the faces of the past resurface, he rediscovers his identity and thus signs his death warrant.

Directors

André Delvaux

Actors

Marie-France Pisier

Senne Rouffaer

Serge-Henri Valcke

Sami Frey

Dora van der Groen

Roger Van Hool

Alexandre von Sivers

Gian Maria Volonté

Anna Karina

Philippe Léotard

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