- Quintet (film)
Infobox_Film
name = Quintet
caption = Theatrical release poster
imdb_id = 0079770
writer =Frank Barhydt Patricia Resnick Robert Altman
starring =Paul Newman Vittorio Gassman Fernando Rey Bibi Andersson Brigitte Fossey Nina Van Pallandt
director =Robert Altman
producer =Robert Altman
released =February 9 ,1979
runtime = 118 minutes
distributor =20th Century Fox
country =USA
language =English
budget ="Quintet" is an post-apocalyptic science fiction film by
Robert Altman produced in1979 . It features among othersPaul Newman ,Brigitte Fossey ,Bibi Andersson ,Fernando Rey andVittorio Gassman .Plot
The story takes place in a future where the world is covered by a new
ice age . The seal hunter Essex (played by Paul Newman) and his wife arrive at a city where some survivors of the disaster live among technological artifacts in a primitive way. All people in the city have lost hope of surviving and the ice continuously threatens to destroy the city.When visiting a relative, Essex's wife is killed by a bomb. When he tries to uncover the reason why the entire family was killed, he learns that in their despair the survivors are playing a game of life and death called "Quintet". Being alive is the only reward in this game, and none of the people involved can quite explain why they keep playing it.
The game works this way: there is a list of names created by a referee, who may be consulted if the players are not sure of the rules. Some of the players will be allies, others will be enemies, which must be killed or they will kill you. Each player has a list of names of the people involved arranged in a certain order, which determines the friend/enemy scheme. When someone is killed, the person who was previously your ally will perhaps be a killer, so you have to learn who is still alive at any moment.
Production
"Quintet" was filmed on the site of
Montreal 'sExpo 67 world's fair.External links
*imdb title|id=0079770|title=Quintet
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