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1962 | B/N | 26 min

A young man tells the following tale: after finally meeting a local girl with whom he?s been secretly in love, she disappears. Finding himself with time on his hands, he spends his days searching for her. A young and pretty assistant in a bakery seems to be attracted to him. To deflect boredom, he decides to seduce her. Just when she is about to give into his charms, the first woman turns up again, her ankle wrapped in a bandage.


Country: Francia
Direction: Rohmer; Eric
Script: Rohmer; Eric
Production: Derocles; G, Schroeder; Barbet
Photography: Jean-michel; Jean-michel, Barbey; Bruno
Cast:Girardon; Michèle, Junk; Fred, Schroeder; Barbet, Tavernier; Bertrand
Participation year at FICM: 2008

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