Overview
In 1942 in occupied France, a Jewish refugee marries a soldier to escape deportation to Germany. Meanwhile a wealthy art student loses her first husband to a stray Resistance bullet; at the Liberation she meets an actor, gets pregnant, and marries him. Lena and Madeleine meet at their children's school in Lyon in 1952 and the intensity of their relationship strains both their marriages to the breaking point.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won the Golden Shell (1983)
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Nominations
3 award nominations, including the Oscar for Best International Feature Film (1984)
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Filming locations
Filmed in Lyon and Rivesaltes
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Setting
Set in Pyrénées-Orientales
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Music
Music by Luis Bacalov
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Bernard Lutic
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Alain Le HenryWriter
- Diane KurysWriter
- Original title
- Coup de foudre
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- April 6, 1983
- Original language
- French
- Countries
- France
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In the United States
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Cast
Miou-MiouMadeleine
Isabelle HuppertLena Weber
Guy MarchandMichel Korski
Jean-Pierre BacriCosta Segara
Robin RenucciRaymond
Patrick BauchauCarlier
Jacques AlricMr. Vernier
Jacqueline DoyenMme Vernier- Saga BlanchardSophie
- Guillaume Le GuellecRené
Christine PascalSarah- Jacques BlalLionel Feldman
Bernard CazassusLe chef de gare
Gérard ChambreFlirt- Patricia ChampaneFlorence
François CluzetUn militaire
Jean-Claude de GorosLe patron du cabaret
Norton de MatosJournaliste- Anne FabienLa femme élégante
Frédéric Graziani
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