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Marriage a la Mode
Marriage a la Mode

Marriage a la Mode

Genres

Drama

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The main character is a woman trapped in the long stifling marriage in a boring province. She has an affair with a traveling photographer, follows him to Paris, and then has a series of unsatisfactory but interesting relationships, one of which is with a woman.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

French

Runtime

105 mins

Rating

6.8/10

Release Date

20 September 1973

Country

France

Cast

Catherine Jourdan

Catherine Jourdan

Ariel

Yves Beneyton

Yves Beneyton

Jean-Michel

Maurice Bénichou

Maurice Bénichou

Leporello

Sylvette Cabrisseau

Sylvette Cabrisseau

The nurse

Geraldine Chaplin

Geraldine Chaplin

Marie-des-Anges

Philippe Clévenot

Philippe Clévenot

Don Juan

Jacqueline Danno

Jacqueline Danno

The lesbian

Bernard Geneste

Bernard Geneste

Philippe Gueroult

Philippe Gueroult

Linda Gutenberg

Linda Gutenberg

Anne Iacta

Anne Iacta

Clotilde Joano

Clotilde Joano

Jacques Lalande

Jacques Lalande

Jean-Jacques Moreau

Jean-Jacques Moreau

Julian Negulesco

Julian Negulesco

Anne Simons

Anne Simons

Gilles Ségal

Gilles Ségal

Frank Vercruyssen

Frank Vercruyssen

Nathalie Zeiger

Nathalie Zeiger

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