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The Woman Next Door (French: La Femme d'à côté) is a 1981 French romantic drama film directed by François Truffaut. Reminiscent of the medieval legend of Tristan and Iseult but set among young middle-class people in a provincial city, it tells the story of a fatal romance between a loving husband ( Gérard Depardieu ) and the attractive ...
- Armand Barbault, François Truffaut
- Georges Delerue
- 30 September 1981 (France)
Sep 30, 1981 · The Woman Next Door: Directed by François Truffaut. With Gérard Depardieu, Fanny Ardant, Henri Garcin, Michèle Baumgartner. Two ex-lovers wind up living next door to each other with their respective spouses. Forbidden passions ensue.
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- Drama, Romance
- François Truffaut
- 1981-09-30
Bernard Coudray (Gérard Depardieu), a teacher, lives with his wife and small son in quiet, idyllic rural France. One day, though, a married couple moves into the house next door.
- (79)
- François Truffaut
- R
- Gérard Depardieu
This situation is a quintessential one for Truffaut, the French director who has successfully made more than 20 films without yet portraying a healthy, mature relationship between a man and a woman. All of his lovers are doomed by the demons of their passion, and by underlying streaks of violence (in his serious films) and frivolous inability ...
Sep 19, 1994 · The Woman Next Door. T he French do not have to take crash courses in order to deal with the man/woman thing. It is in their blood and in their civilization. Hence, they do not have to compensate for a habitual sexism with extravagant portraits of adventurous Amazons and Superwomen.
Film Details. Also Known As. Woman Next Door, femme d'à côté. MPAA Rating. Genre. Drama. Foreign. Romance. Release Date. 1981. Technical Specs. Duration. 1h 46m. TCM Emails. Former lovers find themselves unintentionally reunited seven years later as neighbors in a small French village.
The Woman Next Door ( French: La Femme d'à côté) is a 1981 French romantic drama film directed by François Truffaut. Reminiscent of the medieval legend of Tristan and Iseult but set among young middle-class people in a provincial city, it tells the story of a fatal romance between a loving husband ( Gérard Depardieu) and the attractive ...
