Summary
Having lived a sheltered childhood, in which his sole companion was his
tutor Camille, Benjamin reaches adolescence with no knowledge of the
outside world or the sins and passions that afflict mortal men.
Aged 17, he goes to live with his aunt and uncle, libertine aristocrats
who inhabit a grand château and who have known nothing of his
austere life. Here, Benjamin discovers a whole new world, and he
finds no shortage of pretty young women who are willing to indoctrinate
him into the delights of adulthood...
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Credits
- Director: Michel Deville
- Script: Nina Companéez, Michel Deville
- Photo: Ghislain Cloquet
- Cast: Michèle Morgan (Countess), Catherine Deneuve (Anne), Pierre Clémenti (Benjamin), Michel Piccoli (Count Philippe), Francine Bergé (Marion), Anna Gaël (Célestine), Catherine Rouvel (Victorine), Jacques Dufilho (Camille), Danièle Gérard, Simone Bach (Mme La Tour), Sacha Briquet (Celestin), Bernard Carpentier (Le cavalier), Jean Lefebvre (Azay), Tania Torrens (Mme De Chartres)
- Country: France
- Language: French
- Runtime: 90 min
- Aka: The Diary of an Innocent Boy
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