France / Italy,
1974, 105 min
Directed by:
Michel DevilleScreenplay:
Christopher FrankCinematography:
Claude LecomteCast:
Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Romy Schneider, Jane Birkin, Henri Garcin, Estella Blain, Jean-François Balmer, Georges Wilson, Mary Marquet (more)Plots(1)
Nicholas Mallet, an inconspicuous and shy bank employee, one day successfully invites Marie-Paul, a young woman he hadn’t known before, in the streets of Paris to a café and sleeps with her the next day. When he tells his surprised friend Claude about the incident, the disillusioned and handicapped writer develops a plan to control and manipulate Nicholas’ life. First of all, he procures him to Roberte, a professor of philosophy’s frustrated and bored wife... (Moscow International Film Festival)
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