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François Truffaut

La Femme d'à côté (The Woman Next Door)

Director François Truffaut Music (original) George Delerue Cast Gérard Depardieu, Fanny Ardant, Henri Garcin, Michele Baumgartner, Veronique Silver
106' - 1981 - Drama, Romance - Format: 35mm - Dialogue: French, English
Bernard Coudray is a happily married man living in the village of Grenoble; his life is knocked askew when Philippe and Mathilde Bauchard move in next door, and Mathilde proves to be Bernard’s long-ago lover. The couple slides into an affair, slowly revealing that their previous relationship ended without a firm resolution. Mathilde, married more recently than Bernard, to a devoted man, senses the futility of revisiting the past, but her attempts to break off the relationship inflame Bernard. When Bernard begins to regret his own reckless behavior, Mathilde’s understandable confusion leads to a nervous breakdown.

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Credits

Directors

François Truffaut

Music (original)

George Delerue

Cast

Gérard Depardieu, Fanny Ardant, Henri Garcin, Michele Baumgartner, Veronique Silver

Scenario

François Truffaut, Suzanne Schiffman, Jean Aurel

Director of Photography

Jean-Pierre Kohut-Svelko, William Lubtchansky

Editors

Martine Barraqué

Producers

François Truffaut

Production studios

Les Films du Carrosse

Rights Owner

Cooperative Nouveau Cinema

More info

Dialogue

French, English

Countries of production

France

Year

1981

Filmography

François Truffaut
Une visite (short, 1955), Les mistons (short, 1957), Les quatre cents coups (1959), Tirez sur le pianiste (1960), Tire-au-flanc 62 (1960), Une histoire d'eau (short, 1961), Jules et Jim (1962), Antoine and Colette (short, 1962), Los 4 Golpes (short, 1962), La peau douce (1964), Fahrenheit 451 (1966), La mariée était en noir (1968), Baisers volés (1968), La sirène du Mississipi (1969), L'enfant sauvage (1970), Domicile conjugal (1970), Les deux Anglaises et le continent (1971), Une belle fille comme moi (1972), La nuit américaine (1973), L'histoire d'Adèle H. (1975), L'argent de poche (1976), L'homme qui aimait les femmes (1977), La chambre verte (1978), L'amour en fuite (1979), Le dernier métro (1980), La femme d'à côté (1981), Vivement dimanche ! (1983)

Technical Specs

Format
35mm