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Femmes Fatales
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Title: Femmes Fatales

Release Date: 11 Feb 1976

Runtime: 1h 21m

Genre: Comedy

Director: AMLF, Les Films Christian Fechner, Renn Productions

Production Companies: AMLF, Les Films Christian Fechner, Renn Productions

Overview: Two men, fortyish, worn out by their wives, abandon everything to go and live in the back of beyond. There they meet a truculent priest, a boozer, Émile who recalls them to life's simple pleasures. Calm is what they want. But soon their example inspires thousands of disorientated males...

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.2 (115 votes)

Cast

  • Paul Dufour: Jean-Pierre Marielle
  • Albert: Jean Rochefort
  • Suzanne Dufour: Brigitte Fossey
  • Father Emile: Bernard Blier
  • A guerrilla: Claude Piéplu
  • A follower: Gérard Jugnot
  • The head doctor: Sylvie Joly
  • The myopic woman: Dominique Lavanant
  • The gynecologist's patient: Claudine Beccarie
  • The canon: Pierre Bertin
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