Laure (1976) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1976 · 95 mins · Italian

Directed by

Roberto D’Ettorre Piazzoli

Starring

Orso Maria Guerrini, Al Cliver, Gérard Landry, Annie Belle, Catherine Zago, Pierre Haudebourg

At a Manila research institute, scholars and eco‑tourists exchange stories about the Mara, a remote island tribe that celebrates an annual rebirth in which some members forget their past and start anew. Laure, the director’s free‑spirited daughter, captivates Nicola, a European photographer. Their provocative courtship, fueled by Nicola’s voyeuristic interest in Laure’s exhibitionism, brings them, together with anthropologist Gualtier and his lover Myrte, to the Mara island on the night of the ceremony, where each must choose to stay an outsider or join the tribe anew.