Le Passé simple (1977)
Directed by Michel Drach

Drama / Mystery / Romance
aka: The Simple Past

Film Synopsis

Badly injured in a terrible road accident, Cécile has remained in a coma for several weeks.  When she regains consciousness, she fails to recognise her husband François.  It seems that her injuries have left her a complete amnesiac.  To help her regain her memories, François takes her back to their apartment, but she immediately senses something is amiss.  Why isn't there a garden?  Cécile is further puzzled when she is told that her daughter Sarah has been with her grandmother for six months.  Surely she can't have been away more than three months?   Cécile begins to suspect that the picture François is painting of her former life is a distortion of the truth.  In a book, she finds an address and, out of curiosity, she goes there,  Here she sees furniture being removed which she is sure she recognises as her own.  Cécile feels that she is being duped - but why?  Who exactly is François if he is not her husband?
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Film Credits

  • Director: Michel Drach
  • Script: Michel Drach, Pierre Uytterhoeven, Dominique Saint-Alban (novel)
  • Cinematographer: Étienne Szabo
  • Music: Jacques Monty, Jean-Louis d' Onorio
  • Cast: Marie-José Nat (Cécile), Victor Lanoux (François), Anne Lonnberg (Josepha), Vania Vilers (Bruno), Philippe March (L'homme du train), Roland Blanche (Le locataire), Albert Dray (Le chauffeur de taxi), Marc Eyraud (Le docteur Mercier), Claude Legros (Le commissaire), Didier Sauvegrain (Le jeune automobiliste), Virginie Grigaut (Sarah, la fille de Cécile et François)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color (Eastmancolor)
  • Runtime: 96 min
  • Aka: The Simple Past ; Replay

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