Overview
Depressed Alain Leroy leaves the clinic where he was detoxified. He meets friends, acquaintances and women, trying to find a reason to continue living.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won the Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival (1963)
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Nominations
Nominated for the International Submission to the Academy Awards (1964)
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Setting
Set in Paris
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Music
Music by Erik Satie
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Ghislain Cloquet
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Louis MalleScreenplay
- Pierre Drieu La RochelleNovel
- Original title
- Le Feu follet
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 15, 1963
- Original language
- French
- Countries
- France
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In the United States
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Cast
Maurice RonetAlain Leroy
Léna SkerlaLydia
Yvonne ClechMademoiselle Farnoux
Hubert DeschampsD'Averseau
Jean-Paul MoulinotDr. La Barbinais
Mona DolMadame La Barbinais
Pierre MoncorbierMoraine- René DupuyCharlie (as René Dupuis)
Bernard TiphaineMilou
Bernard NoëlDubourg
Ursula Vian-KüblerFanny
Jeanne MoreauEva
Alain MottetUrcel- François GragnonFrançois Minville
Romain BouteilleJerome Minville
Jacques SereysCyrille Lavaud
Alexandra StewartSolange- Claude DeschampsMaria
Tony TaffinBrancion
Henri SerreFrédéric
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