Director: Philippe Garrel
Script: Nico, Philippe Garrel
Photography: Jean Chiabaud, Michel Fournier
Editor: Philippe Garrel
Music: Nico
Sound: René Levert, Antoine Bonfanti
Principal Cast: Nico, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Balthazar clémenti, Pierre Clémenti, Daniel Pommereulle, Philippe Garrel, Christian Aaron Boulogne
Producers: Silvian Boissonas, Philippe Garrel
Production: Capital Cinéma in co-production with Zanzibar Films, Open Films
Selected Filmography Philippe Garrel: Les enfants désaccordés, 1964; Marie pour mémoire, 1967; Anémone, 1968; Le lit de la vierge, 1969; Athanor, 1972; Les hautes solitudes, 1974; Un ange passe, 1975; Berceau de cristal, 1976; Voyage au jardin des morts, 1978; L'enfant secret, 1982; Liberté, la nuit, 1983; Paris vu par...20 ans après, 1984; Elle a passé tant d'heures sous les sunlights, 1985; Les ministères de l'art, 1988; Les baisers de secours, 1989; J'entends plus la guitare, 1991; La naissance de l'amour, 1993; Le c'ur fantôme, 1996; Le vent de la nuit, 1999; Sauvage innocence, 2001; Les amants réguliers, 2005; La frontière de l'aube, 2008.
In 1969, Nico and French filmmaker Philippe Garrel meet. Shortly after they first get to know each other they move in together, and start a relationship that would last ten years. During this period Nico acts in seven of his movies, with 1972's "La cicatrice interieure" being their first collaboration. In this episodic film, Nico plays several women in Egypt, in Death Valley and in Iceland, respectively, who are "saved" by different men, who in turn are all played by either Garrel or Pierre Clémenti – best known as the young sadist from Buñuel's "Belle du jour". Featuring music from Nico's album "Desertshore", this experimental piece consists of only 23 shots and is spellbinding in its landscape photography that appears almost abstract.