Belle toujours (2007)
Directed by Manoel de Oliveira

Drama

Film Synopsis

Almost forty years after they were last seen in Luis Buñuel's Belle du jour, Henri Husson and Séverine Serizy once more find their destinies intertwined.  Henri is in possession of a strange secret which will allow Séverine to make sense of her past.  Séverine, still a widow, has tried to avoid Henri since their last fateful encounter.  However, she finally agrees to see him when he reveals his intention to impart something that her husband once said to him before his death....
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Film Credits

  • Director: Manoel de Oliveira
  • Script: Manoel de Oliveira
  • Cinematographer: Sabine Lancelin
  • Cast: Michel Piccoli (Henri Husson), Bulle Ogier (Séverine Serizy), Ricardo Trêpa (Barman), Leonor Baldaque (Young Prostitute), Júlia Buisel (Old Prostitute), Lawrence Foster (Himself - Direction musicale)
  • Country: Portugal / France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 68 min

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