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The Lovers
FRANCE · 1958

The Lovers

Louis Malle
marital infidelity bourgeois dissatisfaction romantic escapism provincial life vs. urban aspiration female desire and independence
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Synopsis

A shallow, provincial wife finds her relationship with her preoccupied husband strained by romantic notions, leading her further towards Paris and the country wilderness.

This Film Influenced

→ The Love Eterne (1963)

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