A lesser known Truffaut. Certainly not one of his best but it's entertaining enough. Also it's one of Truffaut's films where his love for Hitchcock is most evident. Good ending as well, even if it was somewhat foreshadowed in the beginning.
Fanny Ardant, Gerard Depardieu, Henri Garcin
Directed by: Fanny Ardant, François Truffaut, Gerard Depardieu, Henri Garcin, Michele Baumgartner, Roger Van Hool, Véronique Silver
Release Date: January 1, 1981
DVD Release Date: January 15, 2002
Stats: 87 reviews
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May 6, 2009
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August 7, 2009
Sans atteindre la grandeur de certaines autres oeuvres de sa filmographie, Truffaut parvient à toucher l'adultère d'une autre manière et ce, rempli d'humanité de drame, mais aussi de situations admirablement mis en scène. La grandeur de sa distribution aide beaucoup.
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April 2, 2008
Deux excellents acteurs ne font pas nécessairement un excellent film, nous en avons maintenant la preuve. Truffaut nous livre le récit de Bernard et de Mathilde, respectivement interprétés par Gérard Depardieu et Fanny Ardant, deux anciens amants qui se retrouvent à présent voisi...( read more)
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October 22, 2007
a beautiful woman comes to stay in an old nice house
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October 1, 2007
I honestly prefer Godard more, and this might be Truffaut's less well-known film, but I adore this tremendously. The entire tale on love and the complexities of true love, this was really fascinating, my favourite filmof Truffaut so far.
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October 22, 2007Intelligent of Francois Truffaut for making this movie on. After so many times searching this movie on DVD store, I only got one on france subtitles.
Particularly, this is amazing movie I seen. How Francois Truffaut point of France live back on 1981 and what is Happening in that year.
There's something about the past and the future for more family in France, the basically of love's living.
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