Characters & Themes
Wheel of Ashes (1968) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1968 · 95 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Peter Emanuel Goldman
- Starring
- Juliet Berto, David Allen, Pierre Clémenti, Mary Mary, Colette, Judith Malina
The film offers a stripped‑down portrait of a young man’s existential crisis, punctuated by a Vedanta‑inspired intertitle that warns, “As dust hides a mirror, lust hides the self.” Though Pierre Clementi’s character remains emotionally opaque, the Saint‑Germain‑des‑Prés quarter, with its temptations, is presented in stark, haunting detail.
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