Femme entre chien et loup (1979)
Directed by André Delvaux

Drama / War
aka: Woman in a Twilight Garden

Film Synopsis

Antwerp, 1940.  Lieve is married to Adriaan, a Belgian nationalist.  When Belgium falls to Nazi Germany, Adriaan switches his allegiances and goes to fight on the Eastern Front.  Lieve is less willing submit to the Nazis and she shelters a resistance member, François, who is being hunted by the German patrols.  The two fall in love and it is thanks to François that Lieve avoids being punished as a collaborator after the Liberation.  When she learns that her husband has been thrown into prison, Lieve knows that she must end her affair with François and do what she can to save Adriaan...
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Film Credits

  • Director: André Delvaux
  • Script: Ivo Michiels, André Delvaux
  • Cinematographer: Charles Van Damme
  • Music: Etienne Verschueren
  • Cast: Marie-Christine Barrault (Lieve), Rutger Hauer (Adriaan), Roger Van Hool (François), Senne Rouffaer (The Priest), Bert André (Slager), Raf Reymen (Oom Georges), Hector Camerlynck (Uncle Odilon), Mathieu Carrière (Soldaat uit Duitsland), Yves Robert (Werkman), Tine Balder (Tante Mélanie), Jenny Tanghe (Tante Anna), Greta Van Langhendonck (Susanne), Janine Bischops (Tante Leontien), Johny Voners (Uncle Nand), Marc Bober (Postbode), Yvonne Mertens (Buurvrouw), Serge-Henri Valcke (Gestapoman), Philippe Geluck (Aangehouden man), Patrick Conrad (Fregoli), Lydie Cernini (Aline)
  • Country: Belgium / France
  • Language: Dutch
  • Support: Color (Eastmancolor)
  • Runtime: 111 min
  • Aka: Woman in a Twilight Garden ; Een vrouw tussen hond en wolf ; Woman Between Wolf and Dog

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