Absences répétées (1972)
Directed by Guy Gilles

Drama
aka: Repeated Absences

Film Synopsis

François, 22, has an important job in a bank, but he finds his life dull and feels he needs to take drugs to give himself a boost.  Having been absent from work on several occasions, he is dismissed by his employer, and this merely accelerates his decline.  Increasingly isolated, François becomes ever more dependent on drugs, and not even those closest to him are capable of helping him.  It all ends in abject tragedy in the public toilets at a railway station...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Guy Gilles
  • Script: Guy Gilles
  • Cinematographer: Philippe Rousselot
  • Music: Jean-Pierre Stora
  • Cast: Patrick Penn (François Naulet), Danièle Delorme (La mère de François), Nathalie Delon (Sophie), Yves Robert (Le père de François), Patrick Jouané (Guy), Thomas Andhersen (Pierrot), Pierre Bertin (Le monsieur de la soirée), Gabriel Cattand (Le flic), Jacques Castelot (Le directeur de la banque), Claude Génia (Jeanne Larivière), Corinne Le Poulain (La femme de Guy), Sylvie Vartan (Herself), Jeanne Moreau (Herself), Richard Berry, Xavier Gélin, Max Montavon
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 85 min
  • Aka: Repeated Absences

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