Two ex-lovers wind up living next door to each other with their respective spouses. Forbidden passions ensue.
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Title: The Woman Next Door (1981)
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| Gérard Depardieu | ... | Bernard Coudray | |
| Fanny Ardant | ... | Mathilde Bauchard | |
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Henri Garcin | ... | Philippe Bauchard |
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Michèle Baumgartner | ... | Arlette Coudray |
| Roger Van Hool | ... | Roland Duguet | |
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Véronique Silver | ... | Madame Odile Jouve |
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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. Written by Yepok
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30 September 1981 (France) See more »Also Known As:
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Madame Odile Jouve: I suspect that Mathilde and Bernard won't be buried together. if I had to select an epitaph for them it would be, "Neither with you, nor without you.", but I doubt whether I'll be asked.
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[last lines]Madame Odile Jouve: I suspect that Mathilde and Bernard won't be buried together. if I had to select an epitaph for them it would be, "Neither with you, nor without you.", but I doubt whether I'll be asked.
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Very good movie with excellent performances from Gerard Depardieu and Fanny Ardant. The emotions and performances are outstanding. If you have ever felt a strong love that borders on the irrational, then you may identify with this film. There are some small flaws of coincidences in the story. I found the last 20 minutes quite disturbing, and wish the writers found a different one. It seems to imply that real love must have a tragic ending. It is sort of an 19th Century "romantic" ending. Perhaps, that's what they were shooting for in the modern cotext of France in the 1980's. But nonetheless one of Truffaut's better films. What do you think?