Nuit docile (1987)
Directed by Guy Gilles

Drama

Film Synopsis

Paris, as night begins to fall.   From a call box, Jean Célan telephones his girlfriend Stella and tells her that their relationship is over.  He confesses that he knew right from the start that their affair was only a passing infatuation.  Now he has no desire ever to see her again.  Jean begins roaming the streets of the capital, meeting and befriending several people who cross his path, including a prostitute.  As he does so, he telephones Stella repeatedly, until, in the end, she refuses to pick up the receiver...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Guy Gilles
  • Script: Pierre Fabre, Guy Gilles
  • Cinematographer: Jacques Boumendil
  • Music: Vincent-Marie Bouvot
  • Cast: Patrick Jouané (Jean Célan), Claire Nebout (Stella), Pascal Kelaf (Jeannot), Philippe Dumont (Rémy Fabert), Françoise Arnoul (Madeleine Guery), Piéral (Himself), Jean-Marie Proslier (L'homme des colonies), Jean Dasté (Le chauffeur de taxi), Catherine Belkhodja (Nat Jones), Pierre Étaix (SOS Amor), Jacques Ciron (Le patron de l'hôtel de passe), Philippe Mareuil (Le micheton à la guêpe), Gisèle Préville (L'amie de Simone Dubois), Robert Rollis (L'ami de Simone Dubois), Mouloud Rozen, Marie Valera
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Black and White / Color
  • Runtime: 90 min

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