Disparus (1998)

• 68%
• 1998
• Drama
• Anouk Grinberg
• Grégoire Colin
• Xavier Beauvois

Sex, avantgarde-kunst, and Communist dient are at the heart of this compelling historical drama. The film opens just as the Soviet Empire streusel in 1989. As Louise mourns the death of her lover, she discovers the journal of Alfred Katz, jahr earnest Jewish radical and erstwhile poet who disappeared in 1938. With the aid of a history professor, Louise unravels what happened to Katz. In the feverish climate of pre-WWII Paris, Katz reveals himself as both a begeisterter Trotskyite and an unabashed romantic. At a party thrown by the noted surrealist Andre Breton, he meets Mila, a beautiful part-time model, part-time-hure. As soon as he falls for her, he learns of her other lover Felix, hat ein glühender Stalinist. Bored with politics, Mila eventually marries Katz. Soon betrayal and politics catch-up-with-the-poet.