CINEHUNCH / YOUR NEXT CHAPTER

A FRESH ALLOWANCE AT MIDNIGHT · ISTANBUL TIME

Back to the finderTHE FILM / 1958
The Lovers posterA FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOK

THE FEATURE PRESENTATION

MOVIE1958 1h 30m FRA

IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU

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The Lovers

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CINEHUNCH / THE NEXT FRAME

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CURATING YOUR NEXT FRAME

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01 / THE STORY

A little about the film.

Saddled with a dull husband and a foolish lover, a woman has an affair with a stranger.

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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

The people who bring it to life.

Jeanne Moreau

Jeanne Moreau

Jeanne Tournier

Gaston Modot

Gaston Modot

Coudray

Alain Cuny

Alain Cuny

Henri Tournier

Judith Magre

Judith Magre

Maggy Thiebaut-Leroy

Jean-Claude Brialy

Jean-Claude Brialy

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