

A middle-aged woman leaves her partner and drifts back to her ex-husband, while the lives of her middle class friends intersect with her own.
Acting
Romy Schneider's eyes do more than most scripts.
Direction
Sautet's restraint is a weapon.
Cinematography
Soft 70s palettes masking rot underneath.

Director
Claude Sautet
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Romy Schneider was going through her own messy separation during filming, lending the performance brutal authenticity.
This epitomizes 1970s French 'cinéma du look' — bourgeois problems as national obsession.
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