Êtes-vous fiancée à un marin grec ou à un pilote de ligne? (1971)
Directed by Jean Aurel

Comedy
aka: Are You Engaged to a Greek Sailor or an Airline Pilot?

Film Synopsis

Blanchard has it all - a wife, two children, an important post at the Ministry of Culture, and a mistress to spend his Saturdays with... But he is bored with all of it - his nagging wife, his irritating brats, a tedious job and a mistress who is indifferent to him.  How easy it is to throw all this away when he falls for his new secretary.  When his wife finds out he has been unfaithful to her, Blanchard makes up his mind on the spur of the moment to leave her...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Jean Aurel
  • Script: Jean Aurel, Jean Yanne, Henriette Jelinek (book)
  • Cinematographer: Raoul Coutard
  • Music: Joss Baselli
  • Cast: Jean Yanne (Roger Blanchard), Françoise Fabian (Marion Blanchard), Francis Blanche (Maurice Gombaud), Nicole Calfan (Annette), Armando Francioli (Jean Andrieux), Yanti Somer (Sylvie), Tina Kieffer (Catherine), Vladimir Nadjman (Eric), Venantino Venantini (Ministre), Roger Peyrefitte (Ministre de la Culture), Martine Ferrière (Mlle Pinat), Michèle Bompart, Jacky Kieki, Jean-Marie Bon, Marion Game, Gaston Meunier
  • Country: Italy / France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 96 min
  • Aka: Are You Engaged to a Greek Sailor or an Airline Pilot?

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