La Dormeuse Duval (2017) Directed by Manuel Sanchez
Comedy
Film Synopsis
Basile, a storekeeper, leads a seemingly peaceful life on the banks of the
River Meuse, on the border between France and Belgium. Not on the best
of terms with his wife Rose, he spends his evenings drinking with his neighbour,
a journalist on a local newspaper. One day, Basile attracts the attention
of Maryse Duval, an attractive young woman who has recently returned to the
region after failing to make a name for herself as an actress in Paris.
It isn't long before Rose discovers that her husband is having an affair
with another woman. Knowing that she has had to give up her own ambitions
to marry Basile, she is ill-equipped to deal with the on-coming domestic
storm...
Script: Franz Bartelt (novel),
Manuel Sanchez,
Muriel Sanchez-Harrar
Photo: Sophie Cadet
Music: Étienne Perruchon
Cast:Dominique Pinon (Basile Matrin),
Marina Tomé (Rose Matrin),
Pascal Turmo (Le journaleux),
Delphine Depardieu (Maryse Duval),
Charles Schneider (Marcel Duval),
Marie-Pascale Grenier (Marcelle Duval),
Tony Librizzi (Le professeur de piano),
Philippe Rigot (Le rédacteur en chef),
Paulette Frantz (La mère de Rose),
Mandou Donzon (Mandou, le modèle),
Christian Van Tomme (Le maire),
Patrice Guillesser (Le patron du bar),
Jeremy Banster (Dr Robin),
Filip Miocic (Le frère de Maryse Duval),
Sylvain Machinet (Le curé),
Christophe Tinturier (Le gigolo),
Grégoire Duez Gundel (Le jeune journaliste),
Fabrice Eberhard (Le metteur en scène),
Richard Valentini (Le gendarme cynique),
Yves Kretzmeyer (Le pêcheur)
Country: France
Language: French
Support: Color
Runtime: 110 min
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