Overview
On the island of Jersey, off the French coast, Mélanie, a beautiful woman gifted with a captivating personality, enjoys having unimportant love affairs that her husband Victor, a perfumer older than her, seems to endure with total indifference.
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Based on
Based on the novel Deep Water
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Music
Music by Manuel de Falla
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Claude Lecomte
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Patricia HighsmithNovel
- Christopher FrankScreenplay
- Florence DelayScreenplay
- Michel DevilleScreenplay
- Original title
- Eaux profondes
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 16, 1981
- Original language
- French
- Countries
- France
Production
Cast
Isabelle HuppertMélanie
Jean-Louis TrintignantVic
Christian BenedettiCarlo- Bertrand BonvoisinCarpentier
Philippe ClévenotHenri Valette- Martine CostesJulie's Mother
Evelyne DidiEvelyn Cowan
Jean-Michel DupuisPhilip Cowan
Éric FreyDenis Miller
Bernard FreydHavermal
Maurice JacquemontDr. Franklin- Sandrine KljajicMarion
Jean-Luc MoreauJoël
Bruce MyersCameron
Sylvie OrcierJeanne Miller
Robin RenucciRalph
Amélie PrévostMarie Valette
Pierre VialJudge
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