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Critics rate it 28 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Jean, a married 40-year-old filmmaker, and his young working class lover, Catherine, engage in a circular series of spectacular blow-ups and tentative reunions, their mutual desire a fire that burns them again and again.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 28 points higher than audiences do.
93 audience votes
Key crew
- Maurice PialatDirector
- Maurice PialatScreenplay
- Jean-Claude VannierOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Marlène JobertCatherine
- Jean YanneJean
- Harry-MaxJean's Father
- Jacques GallandCatherine's Father
- Macha MérilFrançoise
- Christine FabrégaCatherine's Mother
- Muse DalbrayCatherine's Grandmother
- Maurice RischMichel
- Patricia PierangeliAnnie
Stills
Themes
based on novel or bookdysfunctional marriagemarriage problems