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Les Dimanches de Ville d'Avray
1962 Comedy / Drama
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Director:
Serge Bourguignon
Starring: Hardy Krüger, Nicole Courcel, Patricia Gozzi, Daniel Ivernel, André Oumansky Synopsis
A country in Asia is being ravaged by war. A young pilot named
Pierre is flying his aeroplane over a village where soldiers and
civilians are being killed. He cannot takes his eyes off the
frightened face of a little girl who is hiding under a tree. His
plane comes under fire and he escapes miraculously when he crashes into
the ground. In hospital, Pierre is slowly recovering from his
wounds and from a past that he cannot remember. He is now in
France, in a town called Ville d’Avray, cared for by Madeleine, his
nurse. Madeleine is deeply in love with Pierre but he distances
himself from everyone since his accident. One evening, whilst he
is at the train station watching the people go by, Pierre sees a man
with a little girl who is crying because her father is going to leave
her for good in a Catholic institution for abandoned children. So
strong is Pierre’s emotional bond with this little girl,
Françoise, that he visits her at the institution, pretending to
be her father. Each Sunday, after Madeleine has gone to work, he
takes Françoise out for a walk. A strange relationship
develops between Pierre, who recovers his lost youth, and
Françoise, who knows a great deal for her age. But the
people in the town begin to see something unnatural in Pierre’s
interest in the little girl...
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