Baxter, Vera Baxter

Baxter, Vera Baxter is a 1977 French drama film written and directed by Marguerite Duras. The film is based on Duras's novel Vera Baxter ou les Plages de l'Atlantique, which had not yet been published at the time of production. The cast features Delphine Seyrig and François Périer in leading roles, alongside Claude Aufaure, Gérard Depardieu, Nathalie Nell and Noëlle Châtelet. Running 91 minutes, the French-language production stands as one of the works reflecting the connection Duras built between literature and cinema, as the writer-director adapted her own text for the screen. It belongs to the tradition of literary adaptations in 1970s French cinema.