Released:
1972-02-07

Overview:
In a French seaside town, at a boarding house for civil servants recovering from surgery and maladies, the six male residents' lives change dramatically when two women arrive: Catherine, lively, sexually liberated, willing to kiss, dance, and sleep with the men, and Leonie, reserved, formal, conservative. Leonie finds herself attracted to Leon, a Belgian who was a mercenary in Katanga in 1964, wounded and carrying psychological scars as well. The other men continually play practical jokes on Leon, some of them cruel. As Leon courts Leonie, his horrid mother brings him emotional distress as do his memories of war. Can the two of them get past these obstacles?

Director:
Jacques Brel

Runtime:
1h 31min

Genre:
Drama, Romance

• Cast:
• 
  Jacques Brel
  as
  Léon
• 
  Barbara
  as
  Léonie
• 
  Danièle Evenou
  as
  Catherine
• 
  Fernand Fabre
  as
  Antoine
• 
  Louis Navarre
  as
  Armand