Main Cast: Brigitte Bardot, Robert Hossein, Jean-Marc Bory, Macha Meril
Release Year: 1962
Country: FR/IT
Run Time: 100 minutes
Plot
Roger Vadim directs his ex-wife Brigitte Bardot once again in this conventional film about an innocent young woman, Genevieve (Bardot), who ends up on the losing side of a relationship with an alcoholic -- at least for awhile. Genevieve is a typical, introverted, middle-class woman who would like to be a homemaker and live relatively well. Instead, she goes to a small town to receive an inheritance, and by accident she walks into the wrong room in her hotel. And just in time. The alcoholic Renaud (Robert Hossein) who occupies the room has tried to kill himself with an overdose of sleeping pills. Genevieve saves his life, and the two soon strike up a dysfunctional relationship. Renaud degrades her in every way he can, yet she remains true to her honest feelings for him. The question, in the end, is whether Renaud will ultimately change for the better or Genevieve for the worse. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
Jacqueline Porel - Genevieve's Mother; Yves Barsacq - Hotel Manager; Robert Dalban - Police Sergeant; James Robertson Justice - Sculptor; Ursula Kubler - Nurse; Michel Serrault - Varange; Jean-Marc Tennberg - Coco
Credit
Jean André - Art Director, Jean-Michel Lacor - Associate Producer, Serge Vallin - Associate Producer, Tanine Autre - Costume Designer, Roger Vadim - Director, Victoria Mercanton - Editor, Michel Magne - Composer (Music Score), Odette Berroyer - Makeup, Pierre Berroyer - Makeup, Armand Thirard - Cinematographer, Francis Cosne - Producer, Roger Vadim - Screenwriter, Claude Choublier - Screenwriter, Christiane Rochefort - Short Story Author
