Movie
The Margin
Overview
A businessman leaves his country home, and wife and young son for a business trip to Paris. While there he develops a sexual and spiritual bond with a call girl.
Details
- Release date
- 1976-09-22
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Robert et Raymond Hakim, Paris-Film Production
- Country
- France
- Original language
- FR
Cast
- Sylvia Kristel as Diana
- Joe Dallesandro as Sigimond Pons
- André Falcon as Antonin Pons
- Mireille Audibert as Sergine Pons
- Denis Manuel as Le moustachu
- Louise Chevalier as Feline
- Emmanuel Franval
- Dominique Marcas
- Norma Picadilly as The stripper
- Camille Larivière
- Luz Laurent
- Karin Albin
Crew
- Walerian Borowczyk - Director
- André Pieyre de Mandiargues - Writer
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