Le Soleil en face (1980)
Directed by Pierre Kast

Drama
aka: Face to the Sun

Film Synopsis

After a humiliating appearance on a television show, Marat, a winner of the Prix Goncourt, takes up residence in a small fishing village in southern Portugal. He is accompanied by his wife Geneviève, a painter, and meets up with a friend Sandra and her two nieces, Nathalie and Catherine.  A lifelong supporter of leftwing politics, Marat has become disillusioned with socialism, which nowadays appears to be lacking in inspiration and direction.  He accepts life's upsets with a certain detachment, even Catherine's decision to end their clandestine affair so that she can start a relationship with Joachim, a musician of her own age.  Things change dramatically when Marat is diagnosed with an incurable cancer...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Pierre Kast
  • Script: Alain Aptekman, Pierre Kast
  • Cinematographer: Gérard de Battista
  • Music: Sérgio Godinho
  • Cast: Jean-Pierre Cassel (Marat), Stéphane Audran (Geneviève), Alexandra Stewart (Sandra), Pierre Vaneck (Dr. Norbert Bollinger), Béatrice Bruno (Catherine), Rita Pavâo (Nathalie), Françoise Prévost (Jeanne), Sérgio Godinho (Joaquim), Pierre-André Boutang (L'animateur du débat télé), Michel Butel (Un invité du débat télé), Jacques Doniol-Valcroze (Un invité du débat télé), Robert Scipion (Un invité du débat télé), Rogério Paulo (Le maire), Antonio Vaz Da Silva (Le médecin)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 95 min
  • Aka: Face to the Sun

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