Movie
The Woman Next Door
Overview
Two ex-lovers wind up living next door to each other with their respective spouses. Forbidden passions ensue.
Details
- Release date
- 1981-09-30
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Les Films du Carrosse, TF1 Films Production
- Country
- France
- Original language
- FR
Cast
- Gérard Depardieu as Bernard Coudray
- Fanny Ardant as Mathilde Bauchard
- Henri Garcin as Philippe Bauchard
- Michèle Baumgartner as Arlette Coudray
- Roger Van Hool as Roland Duguet
- Véronique Silver as Madame Odile Jouve
- Philippe Morier-Genoud as Doctor
- Nicole Vauthier as Hotel concierge
- Muriel Combe as Nicole
- Olivier Becquaert as Thomas Coudray
- Serge Papagalli as Journalist
- Catherine Crassac as Woman in the Hotel's Staircase (uncredited)
Crew
- François Truffaut - Director
- François Truffaut - Screenplay
- Suzanne Schiffman - Screenplay
- Jean Aurel - Screenplay
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