Quintet
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1h 58m
Directed by Robert Altman • 1979 • United States
Starring Paul Newman, Brigitte Fossey, Bibi Andersson
One of director Robert Altman’s most divisive works, this stark, hypnotic science-fiction experiment takes place after a nuclear holocaust has thrown the world into another ice age. A man named Essex (Paul Newman), his pregnant wife (Brigitte Fossey), and her brother (Tom Hill) are wandering the desolate, frozen landscape when they run across a handful of fellow survivors who pass their time playing a mysterious game called Quintet. No one is able to explain just how it’s played, but Grigor (Fernando Rey) appears to act as the referee, and the stakes of the game are unusually high. By the time Essex uncovers the disturbing truth, he has been inextricably drawn into the lethal competition.
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