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)
(more)Cast
![Jean-Louis Trintignant](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/986/164986936_ae0ab3.jpg)
Jean-Louis Trintignant
France
Best movies:
Three Colours: Red (1994)
A Man and a Woman (1966)
The Easy Life (1962)
![Jean-Pierre Cassel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272109_0b563d.jpg)
Jean-Pierre Cassel
France
Best movies:
No Time for Breakfast (1976)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
The Meetings of Anna (1978)
![Romy Schneider](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/087/162087086_191dd6.jpg)
Romy Schneider
German Empire
Best movies:
Die schöne Lügnerin (1959)
The Old Gun (1975)
Un amour de pluie (1974)
![Jane Birkin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/328/164328237_38cef9.png)
Jane Birkin
UK
Best movies:
Animal (1977)
If You Die, I'll Kill You (2011)
La Belle Noiseuse (1991)
![Henri Garcin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/483/483231_12b62a.jpg)
Henri Garcin
Belgium
Best movies:
Le Glaive et la balance (1963)
The Common Man (1975)
Jury of One (1974)
![Estella Blain](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/087/162087081_fea701.jpg)
Estella Blain
France
Best movies:
Service Entrance (1954)
The Tiger Attacks (1959)
A Flea in Her Ear (1968)
![Jean-François Balmer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/280/280145_c07bae.jpg)
Jean-François Balmer
Switzerland
Best movies:
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
Cop or Hood (1979)
East Wind (1993)
![Georges Wilson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/097/319/97319085_0e32c8.jpg)
Georges Wilson
France
Best movies:
Dialogue with the Carmelites (1960)
The Longest Day (1962)
My Mother's Castle (1990)
![Mary Marquet](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/440/440738_87a3e3.jpg)
Mary Marquet
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Don't Look Now: We're Being Shot At (1966)
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
A Matter of Resistance (1966)
![Florinda Bolkan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/656/165656670_822afe.jpg)
Florinda Bolkan
Brazil
Best movies:
Dem Mörder verfallen - Eine Frau in Gefahr (1999) (TV movie)
Una breve vacanza (1973)
The Last Valley (1971)
![Gisèle Casadesus](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/674/163674946_e832ba.jpg)
Gisèle Casadesus
France
Best movies:
Jury of One (1974)
Sarah's Key (2010)
The Children of the Marshland (1999)
![Christine Boisson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/159/161159416_82849b.png)
Christine Boisson
France
Best movies:
Cop Story (1975)
Lover on a String (1974)
Série noire (1984) (series)
![Carlo Nell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/027/436/27436937_c7569f.jpg)
Carlo Nell
Switzerland
Best movies:
Holy Year (1976)
The Common Man (1975)
The Cat (1971)
![Michel Vitold](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/036/677/36677339_e99a73.jpg)
Michel Vitold
Russian Empire
Best movies:
The Confession (1970)
Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case (1959)
That Night in Varennes (1982)
![Dominique Marcas](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/040/844/40844697_dd102f.jpg)
Dominique Marcas
France
Best movies:
The Bohemian Life (1992)
L'Appel du destin (1953)
The Exchange Student (1967)
![Dominique Constanza](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/812/157812467_9a6ac5.jpg)
Dominique Constanza
France
Best movies:
Cover Up (1983)
Lover on a String (1974)
Femmes Fatales (1976)
Adrienne Servantie
Best movies:
My Uncle (1958)
Three Murderesses (1959)
Lover on a String (1974)
Betty Berr
Best movies:
Lover on a String (1974)
No Man's Land (1985)
Asphalt (1981)
Françoise Burgi
Best movies:
Lover on a String (1974)
Raoul Curet
France
Best movies:
My Mother's Castle (1990)
My Father's Glory (1990)
The Annuity (1972)