The Blue Villa (French title: Un bruit qui rend fou, A noise that renders one crazy or A maddening noise) is a 1995 French crime thriller film, directed by Alain Robbe-Grillet and starring Fred Ward. It was entered into the 45th Berlin International Film Festival. Plot Living on an isolated Greek island are a few native Greeks; several Chinese who spend their days playing mahjong; Nordmann, a boozy screenwriter; and seductive Sarah la-Blonde, the madam at the Blue Villa, the town whorehouse, in which Sarah hides Santa, alias Lotus Blossom. Sarah is teaching Santa to sing an aria from Wagner. One day, Frank arrives on the island. At first, he does not speak and appears to be looking for something or someone. It is later learned that he was involved in the supposed death of Santa, who just might be Nordmann's daughter. It is up to the local police chief, Thieu, to figure out what parts of the story are true and what parts are fiction. Cast Fred Ward - Frank Arielle Dombasle - Sarah la-Blonde Charles Tordjman - Edouard 'Nord' Nordmann Sandrine Le Berre - Santa Dimitris Poulikakos - Police chief Thieu Christian Maillet - The father Muriel Jacobs - Kim Michalis Maniatis - Mars Notes References 1995 films 1995 crime thriller films 1990s French-language films Films directed by Alain Robbe-Grillet French crime thriller films Films shot in Hydra 1990s French films