Tous les Matins du Monde (All the Mornings of the World)

Court viola da gamba master Marin interrupts a lesson to tell his story, "Madame de Sainte Colombe died... He couldn't get over his wife's death." (0:07)

Bereaved viola da gamba master Monsieur de Sainte Colombe, in a dream, walks into the pond to drown himself. (0:31)

Monsieur de Sainte Colombe sees visions of his deceased wife. (0:45, 1:05, 1:12)

Monsieur de Sainte Colombe's daughter Madeleine removes the ribbons from a pair of shoes given her by her lover Marin and ties them into a noose around her neck. Standing on a stool she ties the other end to the canopy frame of her bed. She kicks the stool out of the way and hangs herself. (1:28)

Bereavement | hallucination | suicide