Le Voyage en douce (1980)
Directed by Michel Deville

Drama

Film Synopsis

Fearing that they may be heading towards a premature middle age, Hélène and Lucie decide to run away and indulge their hedonistic fantasies in the South of France.  The young women haven't seen each other for years but they have no difficulty reliving their former days, of childhood innocence and wild adolescence.  If they agree on anything it is that life is for living...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Michel Deville
  • Script: Michel Deville
  • Cinematographer: Claude Lecomte
  • Music: Catherine Ardouin
  • Cast: Dominique Sanda (Hélène), Geraldine Chaplin (Lucie), Jacques Zabor (Denis), Jean Crubelier (L'homme des maisons), Valerie Masterson (La cantatrice), Cécile Le Bailly (Marie), Jacqueline Parent (Mathilde), Jacques Pieiller (Pinson), Françoise Morhange (La grande-mère), Frédéric Andréi (Le jeune homme de l'hôtel), Christophe Malavoy (L'homme du train), André Marcon (L'homme du concert), Catherine Le Dall (La marraine), Hélène Garcia (La pompiste), Robin Camus (Lucas), Valérie Hug (Perrine), Marion Gautier (Hélène à 15 ans), Myriam Roulet (Young Lucie), Liliane Rovère (Voice), Géo Beuf (Customer)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 98 min

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