La Femme du Gange

Marguerite Duras' films cannot be retold because they have no plot. Woman of the Ganges is a uniquely Durasian work, combining film-image and film-sound in one. They are linked only by material coincidence and become an immediate challenge to the viewer. We are probably somewhere in Normandy in a seaside resort. The man who came here is probably looking for memories. After all, the houses look familiar to him and he met a girl here somewhere. The most powerful thing about the writer's film manuscript is her ability to suppress or completely eliminate narrative and psychological techniques. We find ourselves face to face with a screen on which some characters are moving around and saying something. They are asking questions rather than answering any. (Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival)