The Woman Next Door
“A destructive passion between desire and madness.”
Two ex-lovers wind up living next door to each other with their respective spouses. Forbidden passions ensue.
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Cast
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Gérard Depardieu
Bernard Coudray
Known for
Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
1492: Conquest of Paradise
François Truffaut
Cameo
Known for
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
The Wild Child
Fanny Ardant
Mathilde Bauchard
Known for
8 Women
La Belle Époque
Henri Garcin
Philippe Bauchard
Known for
The Pink Panther
The Eighth Day
Michèle Baumgartner
Arlette Coudray
Also in
Les Mots pour le dire
Police Commissioner Moulin
Roger Van Hool
Roland Duguet
Known for
As Above, So Below
The Odyssey
Véronique Silver
Madame Odile Jouve
Known for
White Wedding
Don't Deliver Us from Evil
Philippe Morier-Genoud
Doctor
Known for
Au Revoir les Enfants
Cyrano de Bergerac
Nicole Vauthier
Hotel concierge
No other roles listed
Muriel Combe
Nicole
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Olivier Becquaert
Thomas Coudray
No other roles listed
Serge Papagalli
Journalist
Known for
Kaamelott
Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods
François Truffaut Director · Jean Aurel Screenplay Suzanne Schiffman Screenplay
United States release October 11, 1981 · Produced in France · Languages English, French
Production
Les Films du Carrosse
Production
TF1 Films Production
Production
France
Produced in
Languages
Original title
La Femme d'à côté
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
English · French
Release dates
France · September 30, 1981
Theatrical
United States · October 11, 1981
Limited theatrical
United States
October 10, 1981 · Premiere · New York Film Festival
France
November 7, 2000 · Physical · DVD
October 2, 2013 · Physical · Blu-Ray
April 10, 2017 · Digital · VOD
April 30, 2021 · Digital · Netflix
Greece
May 8, 1982 · Theatrical
Hungary
August 2, 1984 · Theatrical
Poland
October 7, 2001 · Digital
Portugal
April 16, 1982 · Theatrical
South Korea
April 1, 1983 · Theatrical
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