Ben and Benedict
5.3
Ben (Françoise Lebrun) is a woman who never gets to do what she really wants to do and is the victim of everybody and everything. Benedict is her imaginary creation: the girl who would respond with strength and mastery to situations she can only submit to. She is married to a cad who says he only married her because she was pregnant, and now he wants his freedom. Her real love is a fellow medical student, who shows some interest in her. Nonetheless, she remains faithful to her unenthusiastic husband, until she becomes pregnant again. At this point, she begins to act more like the Benedict of her dreams and less like the "Ben" she has lived as until now.
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Cast
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Françoise Lebrun
Ben / Bénédicte
Known for
Vortex
The Book of Solutions
André Dussollier
Bernard Chevalier
Known for
Beauty and the Beast
Tell No One
Claude Nejar
Françoise Collin
Paula Delsol
Daniel Duval
Rémi Peyrou
Known for
District 13: Ultimatum
Caché
Claude Beausoleil
Jacqueline Staup
Ben's friend
Known for
Elevator to the Gallows
Lacombe, Lucien
Catherine Cadet
L'avortée, voisine de lit
Michèle Amiel
Mme Caizergues, la patronne du bistrot
Also in
Nikita
Petit déjeuner compris
Michel Delahaye
Le témoin au mariage
Known for
Band of Outsiders
The Shiver of the Vampires
Jacques Jeannet
Le premier professeur
Paula Delsol Director · Larry Martin Composer Claude Beausoleil Cinematographer
First release April 10, 1977 · Produced in France · Production NEF Diffusion, Société Française de Production (SFP)
Production
Hamster Productions
Production
NEF Diffusion
Production
Société Française de Production (SFP)
Production
France
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Original title
Ben et Bénédict
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · April 10, 1977
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
February 9, 1979 · TV premiere
Portugal
November 8, 1980 · Porto Cineclube do Norte
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