boring and annoy be two adjective that spring to mind regard this film . the only thing that salvage it from be completely unbearable be anne baxter . until she appear on screen it all just seem to be a series of disjointed scene bound only by a shared pretentiousness . and then and boom and there she be and suddenly the electromagnetic field change . it be interest to observe how powerful the presence of a single person can be . because and in this case and baxter bring a coherence to the film . with her appearance and the different element seem to fall into place . at least to a degree . i try to figure out what it be about her that seem to make this happen . be it star quality . be it a gravitas that come from her year of experience . or do she and as oppose to the other actor here and perhaps resist the direction that be be give and merely follow her own course as far a interpret her character . i do not know . i couldn not figure it out . the only other actor who create a real character a oppose to a caricature be kurt johnson who play victor . and sean young be quite good . the others be giant cluster of affectation . robert powell who play pierre be especially annoy . grant his character be suppose to be so . but he be not interesting annoy . just annoy annoy .