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Synopsis

A shallow, provincial wife finds her relationship with her preoccupied husband strained by romantic notions, leading her further towards Paris and the country wilderness.

Year1958
CountryFrance
DirectorLouis Malle
This Film Influenced
→ The Love Eterne (1963)

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marital infidelity · bourgeois dissatisfaction · romantic escapism · provincial life vs. urban aspiration · female desire and independence

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