Twenty-year old misfit François earns his living by gathering boxes and bottles to resell to local shopkeepers. He lives with his grossly insensitive mother and stepfather. Mado is a gawky 11-year old, who is neglected by her family because of the oddness of the way she expresses her affection. For reasons which never become clear, François kidnaps Mado, and takes her to live with him in the attic of his parents' home. Instead of feeling fear, Mado enters into the spirit of the abduction, and they joust with one another, increasingly finding love and comfort in their relationship. When the police come upon them, however, they put an entirely different interpretation on their behavior.
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Cast
17 people
Claude Hébert
François
Also in
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Madeleine Desdevises
Mado
Paulette Lahaye
La mère de Mado
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Juliette Le Cauchoix
La mère de François
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Fernand Decaean
Le beau-père de François
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Dominique Besnehard
L'instituteur
Known for
The Count of Monte Cristo
Les Misérables
Odette Maestrini
L'epicière
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Ginette Mazure
La photographe
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Denise Garnier
La secrétaire de Mairie
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Norbert Delozier
Le beau-frère de François
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Janine Huet
La soeur de François
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Marie Sanson
La vieille dame aux Cailloux
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Jacques Doillon Director · Denis Ferraris Writer Philippe Rousselot Cinematographer
First release May 23, 1979 · Produced in France · Production Les Productions de la Guéville
Production
Lola Films
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Les Productions de la Guéville
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France
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Original title
La Drôlesse
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · May 23, 1979
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No release date listed for United States.
France
November 29, 2017 · Physical · Blu-ray
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