Retour à la bien-aimée (1979) Directed by Jean-François Adam
Drama / Romance
aka: Return to the Beloved
Film Synopsis
Julien has been divorced for five years but he still cannot forget his
ex-wife Jeanne, who has since remarried. Determined to win back
his wife, Julien conceives a cunning plan. He hires a young man
to follow Jeanne and then kills him in the grounds of her house.
He then arranges matters so that there can be no doubt that the young
man was murdered by Jeanne's husband. When her husband is
arrested, Jeanne begs Julien to come and stay with her for a
while. The plan appears to have worked...
Script: Jean-François Adam,
Jean-Claude Carrière,
Benoît Jacquot,
Georges Perec
Cinematographer: Pierre Lhomme
Music: Antoine Duhamel
Cast:Isabelle Huppert (Jeanne Kern),
Jacques Dutronc (Julien), Bruno Ganz (Dr. Stephan Kern),
Christian Rist (Detective Keller), Jean-François Adam (L'inspecteur de police Corbin),
Aline Bertrand (Elise),
Rodolphe Schacher (Thomas),
Axelle Bernard (Isabelle),
Irina Grjebina (Le professeur de danse)
Country: France
Language: French
Support: Color
Runtime: 98 min
Aka:Return to the Beloved
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