
The Woman Next Door
A destructive passion between desire and madness.
1981 fr 106 minutes
Rating: 7.1
Plot
Madame Jouve, the narrator, tells the tragedy of Bernard and Mathilde. Bernard was living happily with his wife Arlette and his son Thomas. One day, a couple, Philippe and Mathilde Bauchard, moves into the next house. This is the accidental reunion of Bernard and Mathilde, who had a passionate love affair years ago. The relationship revives... A somber study of human feelings.
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Cast

Gérard Depardieu
Bernard Coudray

Fanny Ardant
Mathilde Bauchard

Henri Garcin
Philippe Bauchard

Michèle Baumgartner
Arlette Coudray

Roger Van Hool
Roland Duguet

Véronique Silver
Madame Odile Jouve

Philippe Morier-Genoud
Doctor

Nicole Vauthier

Muriel Combe

Olivier Becquaert
Thomas Coudray

Catherine Crassac
Woman in the Hotel's Staircase (uncredited)

Jacques Preisach
Man in the Hotel's Staircase (uncredited)

Roland Thénot
Estate Agent (uncredited)