A young man who lives on women meets his match in the young wife of a rich industrialist. Their affair is doomed by her taste for luxury and his dislike of her coolness.
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Jean-Pierre Cassel
Édouard Berlon
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Anouk Aimée
Hélène Laroche
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Pierre Palau
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Geneviève Cluny
Pilou Berlon
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Georges Wilson
Guillaume Berlon
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Anne Tonietti
Olga
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François Maistre
André Laroche
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Jean-Pierre Rambal
Paul
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Liliane Patrick
Solange
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La Voyante
Maxime
Irène Chabrier
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Jacques Balutin
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Asterix and Cleopatra
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Daniel Boulanger
Musician
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Breathless
Bed and Board
Philippe de Broca Director · Georges Delerue Composer Jean Penzer Cinematographer
First release August 1, 1960 · Produced in France · Original title Le Farceur
Production
Ajym Films
Production
France
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Original title
Le Farceur
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
Switzerland · August 1, 1960
Premiere · Locarno Film Festival
France · January 20, 1961
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
France
May 1, 2025 · Digital · Arte•tv
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