Monique is dying of cancer, lying in bed in the apartment above the store her family owns. Her philandering husband carries on with life, her son remains aloof, and her daughter-in-law wonders if she is witnessing her own decline. They all struggle to express, or feel, their love for one another.
Cast
Nathalie Baye
Nathalie
Hubert Deschamps
Roger
Philippe Léotard
Philippe
Monique Mélinand
Monique
Henri Saulquin
Unknown
Alain Grestau
Unknown
Anna Gayane
Unknown
Mireille Laurenchet
Unknown
Corinne Derel
Corinne
Marie-Blanche Dehaux
Corinne
Christian Dehaux
Unknown
Jean-Dominique de la Rochefoucauld
Unknown
Jeanne Dulac
Jeanne
Lucien Dulac
Unknown
Anne-Claude Girard
Anne-Claude
Hélène Sautreau
Unknown
Berthe Dischamps
Unknown
Georges Vimard
Unknown
Françoise Pavy
Unknown
Aline Brunel
Unknown
Albert Brunel
Unknown
Jean-Luc Carrit
Unknown
Jean-François Balmer
(uncredited)
Jacques Villeret
(uncredited)
Crew
Maurice Pialat
Director, Writer, Producer
Bernard Dubois
Editor, Assistant Director
Arlette Langmann
Editor
Néstor Almendros
Director of Photography
Bernard Grenet
Assistant Director
André Génovès
Producer
Micheline Pialat
Producer, Production Manager
Michel de Broin
Production Design
Jean-Claude Rivière
Assistant Camera
Dominique Le Rigoleur
Assistant Camera
Paul Bertault
Sound Mixer
Raymond Adam
Sound
Jean-Noël Delamarre
Title Designer
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