La Vallee (1977)

While The Godfather was making moviegoers an offer they couldn't refuse, La Vallée was wowing art-house crowds with its flower-powered search for paradise in the jungles of New Guinea. It's there that an adventurous diplomat's wife (Bulle Ogier), hoping to find the forbidden feathers of a rare exotic bird, embarks on a deeper, more personal quest when she encounters a makeshift family of hippies seeking an unmapped valley from which visitors are said never to return. Like the structurally similar cult films from its era (including Walkabout and Aguirre: The Wrath of God), La Vallée dazzled the post-'60s subculture with free-spirited adventure and enigmatic beauty, captured here through the peerless lens of cinematographer Néstor Almendros. The hippie vibe seems mildly dated but its sensual context is timeless, and a climactic encounter with the primitive Mapuga tribe retains an intense cross-cultural mystique. Pink Floyd's celebrated soundtrack is mostly heard as background ambience, but it effectively enhances the film's compelling atmosphere of mystery and expectation. --Jeff Shannon Amazon.com

La Valle - no english subtitles

The move is a classic, specially by lovers of Pink Floyd music. But, there is no subtittle in english, so the move is spoken in french, I could understood few dialogs. July 26, 2008

Exotic movie

It's good to learn about tribe habits. The movie represents the hyppie ideology of 70's with fidelity. A movie for people who loves Floyd and rare stuff. April 20, 2008

not too impressed

Obscure by Clouds, the sound track to La Vallee, is much better than the movie itself. In fact I only remember floyd playing here and there, the soundtrack did not play a big role in the movie. The scenery in La Vallee was amazing but thats about it. The plot line was interesting but it was pretty slow going and many scenes seem to drag on. It ends abruptly before a climax even occurs. Unlike a different review that was written, I had no trouble turning the subtitles on. The fact that 90% of the movie is in French was not the turn off for me (although it might bother some) I don't think it's a "must see" for hardcore floyd fans like myself. I would recommend watching "more" the other of the floyd/schroeder colaboratives. This one was somewhat boring. August 2, 2007

Not what I expected.

I figured any movie Pink Floyd would do the soundtrack to has to be great! It wasn't. All in French with no subtitles and there was a scene where bushmen slaughtered a pig at which point I shut off the movie & could watch no further! January 9, 2007

The Soundtrack is of course Brilliant!

The movie was okay, not a lot happens....the soundtrack of course is one of my favorite Floyd albums, it is a must have for any serious Floyd fan. November 17, 2006

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