The Valley (1972) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1972 · 105 mins · French

Directed by

Barbet Schroeder

Starring

Bulle Ogier, Michael Gothard, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Valérie Lagrange, Monique Giraudy, Jérôme Beauvarlet

Viviane, wife of a French consul, travels to New Guinea to collect feathers for Paris. She meets four Europeans heading for “La Vallée,” a valley marked on maps as “obscured by clouds.” Joining their trek, she becomes part of their quest. A stay with the Mapuga tribe triggers a clash of values before they head toward “Valley of the Gods.”