Wheel of Ashes

– After being heralded by Jean-Luc Godard as the great hope of the New American Cinema, Peter Emanuel ..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.00 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 50 Minutes
Release Year:
1968
Wheel of Ashes (1968)

After being heralded by Jean-Luc Godard as the great hope of the New American Cinema, Peter Emanuel Goldman relocated to Paris just in time for 1968. Social dissolution permeates WHEEL OF ASHES, a stripped-down account of a young man's existential reckoning. "As dust hides a mirror, lust hides the self," reads one of the film's Vedanta-sourced intertitles. And indeed, while the Pierre Clementi protagonist's inner life remains obscure, the Saint-Germain-des-Pres neighborhood that offers his temptations appears in harrowing detail. In its nearly clinical treatment of spiritual withdrawal, WHEEL OF ASHES belongs with post-New Wave films by the likes of Jean Eustache and Philippe Garrel. - Max Goldberg

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Release Date:

24 Feb 1971

Language:

French, English, Danish

MPAA Content-Rating:
NOT RATED

Director:

Peter Emmanuel Goldman

Writer:

Peter Emmanuel Goldman

Main Actors:

Pierre Clémenti, Katinka Bo, Pierre Besançon, Richard Leblanc

Plot:

After experiencing a wild life of sordidness, the young Pierre decides to quit this chaotic world, trading it for a search for inner peace and getting closer to God. During this quest, he's followed by a girl from Denmark, of whom he becomes friend for a while. However, Pierre isn't close to reach his spiritual enlightenment, since he's still tormented by visions, vivid dreams and strange hallucinations.

Awards:

1 nomination.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.5/10