The Woman Next Door

The Woman Next Door
Directed by	François Truffaut
Produced by	Armand Barbault François Truffaut
Written by	Jean Aurel Suzanne Schiffman François Truffaut
Starring	Fanny Ardant Gérard Depardieu
Music by	Georges Delerue
Cinematography	William Lubtchansky
Edited by	Martine Barraqué
Production company	Les Films du Carrosse/ TF 1
Distributed by	Gaumont-France Distribution France United Artists Classics US Palador Pictures India
Release dates	30 September 1981
Running time	106 minutes
Language	French
Box office	1,101,537 admissions (France)[1]

The Woman Next Door (French: La Femme d'à côté) is a 1981 French film directed by François Truffaut. It was the 39th highest grossing film of the year, with a total of 1,087,600 admissions in France.^[2]

Plot

Bernard Coudray lives with his wife and young son in a remote country house near to Grenoble. One day, a married couple, Philippe and Mathilde Bauchard, move into the house next door. Mathilde and Bernard were lovers, many years before, and are equally surprised at the unexpected reunion. Initially, Bernard avoids Mathilde, but a chance meeting in a supermarket reawakens a long-buried passion and they are soon having an affair. Unfortunately, neither of them seems capable of controlling the emotional whirlwind which this unleashes.

Cast

• Gérard Depardieu as Bernard Coudray
• Fanny Ardant as Mathilde Bauchard
• Henri Garcin as Philippe Bauchard
• Michèle Baumgartner as Arlette Coudray
• Roger Van Hool as Roland Duguet
• Véronique Silver as Madame Odile Jouve
• Philippe Morier-Genoud as the Doctor
• Olivier Bedquaert as Thomas Coudray^[3]

References

1. Box Office information for Francois Truffaut films at Box Office Story
2. La Femme d'à côté at JP's Box-Office.
3. Allen, Don. Finally Truffaut. New York: Beaufort Books. 1985. ISBN 0-8253-0335-4. OCLC 12613514. pp. 239.

External links

• The Woman Next Door at the Internet Movie Database