La Salamandre

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The Salamander (French: La Salamandre) is a 1971 Swiss drama film directed by Alain Tanner and written by Tanner and John Berger. It centres on a young woman whose case becomes the basis for a screenplay investigation. Starring Bulle Ogier and Jean-Luc Bideau, it was selected as the Swiss entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 45th Academy Awards, and screened at the Cannes Film Festival and the Berlin International Film Festival in 1971. Rosemonde, known as the Salamander, is a young woman suspected of attempting to kill the uncle with whom she lives. A journalist and a writer are asked to write a screenplay about the case, but fail as Rosemonde resists their efforts to understand her. (source: Wikipedia)

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