Film : Hecaté
Drama | 105 minutes

Based on a novel by Paul Morand, Hécate tells the story of an obsessive passion. At its centre is the relationship between a diplomat and a mysterious woman whose life repeatedly escapes his understanding.

Rather than a conventional psychological drama, Daniel Schmid transforms the material into an atmospheric journey into a world of projections, desire and secrecy. Exotic locations and carefully composed imagery give the film a dreamlike, almost hypnotic quality.

Hécate is a film about the limits of understanding – and the temptation to possess what ultimately remains unknowable.

Director: Daniel Schmid
Screenplay: Daniel Schmid, Pascal Jardin, Paul Morand
Cast: Bernard Giraudeau, Lauren Hutton, Jean Bouise, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Gérard Desarthe, Juliette Brac, Patrick Thursfield, Suzanne Thau

Selected festivals and figures:
- Berlin International Film Festival (1983)
- Locarno Film Festival (1983)
- Solothurn Film Festival (1983)
- Festival du film de Genève – Stars de Demain (1995)
- Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema (2011)
- Ankara International Film Festival (2013)
- Zurich Film Festival (2016)