Movie
The Married Woman
Overview
A superficial woman finds conflict choosing between her abusive husband and her vain lover.
Details
- Release date
- 1964-12-04
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Orsay Films, Anouchka Films
- Country
- France
- Original language
- FR
Cast
- Macha Méril as Charlotte
- Bernard Noël as Robert, the Lover
- Philippe Leroy as Pierre, the Husband
- Christophe Bourseiller as Nicolas
- Roger Leenhardt as Self
- Margareth Clémenti as Girl in Swimming Pool
- Véronique Duval as Girl in Swimming Pool
- Rita Maiden as Madame Celine
- Georges Liron as The Physician
- Jean-Luc Godard as The Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Crew
- Jean-Luc Godard - Director
- Jean-Luc Godard - Writer
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