The read
Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 83% of the 1,407 1980s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
Two ex-lovers wind up living next door to each other with their respective spouses. Forbidden passions ensue.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes85%
Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do.
350 audience votes
Key crew
- François TruffautDirector
- François TruffautScreenplay
- Suzanne SchiffmanScreenplay
- Jean AurelScreenplay
- Georges DelerueOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Gérard DepardieuBernard Coudray
- Fanny ArdantMathilde Bauchard
- Henri GarcinPhilippe Bauchard
- Michèle BaumgartnerArlette Coudray
- Roger Van HoolRoland Duguet
- Véronique SilverMadame Odile Jouve
- Philippe Morier-GenoudDoctor
- Nicole VauthierHotel concierge
- Muriel CombeNicole
- Olivier BecquaertThomas Coudray
- Serge PapagalliJournalist
- Catherine CrassacWoman in the Hotel's Staircase (uncredited)
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Themes
francewifedeceived husbandneighborextramarital affair
The Best Movies of 1981
The Woman Next Door is #22 of 60
