L'Ours en peluche (1994)
Directed by Jacques Deray

Thriller

Film Synopsis

Jean Rivière is a senior clinician at a leading maternity hospital in Brussels.  One day, he receives an anonymous phone call which he finds both worrying and baffling. The stranger tells Jean that he is responsible for a murder, but he is ignorant of the fact, and consequently he will soon die.  The next day, Jean narrowly avoids being run over - an accident or attempted murder?  When he arrives at the hospital, he receives a strange package.  Opening it, he finds a teddy bear.  Then he remembers...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Jacques Deray
  • Script: Filippo Ascione, Dardano Sacchetti, Georges Simenon (novel), Jean Curtelin, Jacques Deray
  • Cinematographer: Luciano Tovoli
  • Music: Romano Musumarra
  • Cast: Alain Delon (Jean Rivière), Laure Killing (Christine), Regina Bianchi (Nonna Claudia), Paolo Bonacelli (Novacek), Martine Brochard (Madame Jubert), Julie du Page (Viviane), Alexandra Winisky (La file de Jean Rivière), Valentina Forte (Francesca), Franco Interlenghi (Le directeur du musée), Claudia Pandolfi (Claudia), Madeleine Robinson (Madame Rivière), Francesca Dellera (Chantal), Dina Morrone (La femme enceinte), Mattia Sbragia, Michael Pas, Marc Schreiber, Emy Valentino, Philippe Mayne, Marc Legein, Achille Brugnini
  • Country: Italy / France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 90 min

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