The Double Contempt (1967)

10.0/10 73 min Drama

Overview

In Paris, under the Restoration, Julie de Chaverny, a young woman admired and envied by all, has been suffering for six years from an unhappy marriage to her husband, M. de Chaverny. She finally gives in to the advances of a young man she's known since childhood, deciding at last to live her own life. She wants to run away with him, but discovers it's only a passing fancy. Feeling disgraced and laughed at, she sets off for Nice to join her mother.

Cast

Françoise Dorléac

Julie

Henri Piégay

Châteaufort

André Oumansky

Chaverny

Amarande

Mélanie Rampeau

Jean Galland

Duke of Havre

Laurence Badie

Marie

Claude Mansard

Léon

Jacques Boudet

Domestic

Michel Bouquet

Reciter (voice)

Marcel Champel

Coachman

Stéphane Fey

Darcy

Élina Labourdette

Madame Lambert

Jacqueline Staup

Madame Dumanoir

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