Directed by:
Joseph LoseyScreenplay:
Joseph LoseyCinematography:
Henri AlekanComposer:
Richard HartleyCast:
Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Jeanne Moreau, Daniel Olbrychski, Jacques Spiesser, Isao Yamagata, Jean-Paul Roussillon, Roland Bertin, Lucas Belvaux (more)VOD (1)
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Frederique (Huppert) is a free-spirited and impish woman who has made an art of using her sexuality to get precisely what she wants from men. On a whim, Frederique leaves her disinterested husband and the family trout farm to travel to Japan with a wealthy businessman. Her enchantment soon gives way to reflection, navigation of the swiftly-changing sexual freedoms and responsibilities of a new era, and the quest for satori, the "world of ecstasy" experienced by her friend. But has Frederique grown up too fast, or not fast enough? (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Isabelle Huppert
France
Best movies:
No Time for Breakfast (1976)
The Common Man (1975)
The Lacemaker (1977)
Jean-Pierre Cassel
France
Best movies:
No Time for Breakfast (1976)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
Goodbye Again (1961)
Jeanne Moreau
France
Best movies:
Dialogue with the Carmelites (1960)
The 400 Blows (1959)
Back to the Wall (1958)
Daniel Olbrychski
Poland
Best movies:
Gibel imperii (2005) (series)
The Promised Land (1974)
Potop (1974)
Jacques Spiesser
France
Best movies:
The Man Who Sleeps (1974)
R.A.S. (1973)
Judge Fayard Called the Sheriff (1977)
Isao Yamagata
UK
Best movies:
Seven Samurai (1954)
Samurai Rebellion (1967)
A Story Written with Water (1965)
Jean-Paul Roussillon
France
Best movies:
Deadlier Than the Male (1956)
Dead Certain (1981)
Same Old Song (1997)
Roland Bertin
France
Best movies:
Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
Mr. Klein (1976)
Diva (1981)
Lucas Belvaux
Belgium
Best movies:
Merry Christmas (2005)
Allons z'enfants (1981)
The Death of Mario Ricci (1983)
Alexis Smith
Canada
Best movies:
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
Gentleman Jim (1942)
The Young Philadelphians (1959)
Craig Stevens
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
Pierre Forget
France
Best movies:
The Professional (1981)
The Wing and the Thigh (1976)
Three Colors: Blue (1993)
Ruggero Raimondi
Italy
Best movies:
Rigoletto a Mantova (2010) (TV movie)
Don Giovanni (1979)
Georges Bizet: Carmen (1984)
Anne François
France