Summary
Pierre and Paul, journalist and writer respectively, team up to write a screenplay based on the real story of a young woman accused by her uncle of trying to kill him. They decide to meet her.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Teens
Where to watch
Not streaming in United States. Where it is:
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 72GoodWatch 70
IMDb7.2
Audience score71%
Running time
2 h 5 min
A typical length for dramas, +16 min on the typical 109
typical 109125Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country, rent or buy in 1 more
Released
1971
October 27, 1971
55 years ago
Genres
DramaComedyLanguage
French
Original language
Made in
- Switzerland
France
and 1 moreDirecting · 1
- Alain Tanner Director, Writer, Producer
Writing · 1
- John Berger Writer
Production · 4
- Jean-Louis Roy Co-Producer
- Claude Goretta Co-Producer
- Gabriel Auer Associate Producer
- Jean-Jacques Lagrange Co-Producer
Camera · 2
- Renato Berta Director of Photography
- Sandro Bernardoni Director of Photography
Editing · 2
- Marc Blavet Editor
- Brigitte Sousselier Editor
Sound · 2
- Patrick Moraz Original Music Composer
- Gérard Rhône Sound
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Giusy Bovino Makeup Department Head
Other crew · 1
- Marcel Sommerer Sound Recordist
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