Pierre is the artistic director of a theater, and when his daughter Manon lets him know that she is coming to see him after a year's absence, Pierre decides to prepare for the meeting. He goes to the theater with his girlfriend Ariane and has the actresses in his troupe act out different aspects of his daughter's character. Unfortunately, this is not adequate preparation, for when Manon does show up, nothing goes quite as he imagined...
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Michel Piccoli
Pierre
Known for
We Have a Pope
Contempt
Sandrine Bonnaire
Manon
Known for
La Cérémonie
Vagabond
Jacques Doillon
Also in
The 15 Year Old Girl
The Crying Woman
Philippe Sarde
Jean-François Goyet
Philippe Dussart
Sabine Azéma
Ariane
Known for
Tanguy
R.A.I.D. Special Unit
William Lubtchansky
Laurent Malet
François
Known for
Querelle
Kill the Referee
Marie Robert
Brigitte Coscas
La taille de Manon
Also in
The Blind Owl
Jean-Claude de Bemels
Jacques Doillon Director · Jean-François Goyet Screenplay Philippe Sarde Composer
First release December 3, 1986 · Produced in France, Belgium · Production La Sept Cinéma, Man's Films
Production
Investimage
Production
La Sept Cinéma
Production
Man's Films
Production
Philippe Dussart
Production
Sofica Cinergie
Production
France · Belgium
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Original title
La Puritaine
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · December 3, 1986
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Colombia
August 11, 2002
Portugal
March 10, 1989 · TV premiere
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