Film

The Double Contempt

1967 · 1h 13m · Drama

In Paris, under the Restoration, Julie de Chaverny, a young woman admired and envied by all, has been suffering for six years from an unhappy marriage to her husband, M. de Chaverny. She finally gives in to the advances of a young man she's known since childhood, deciding at last to live her own life. She wants to run away with him, but discovers it's only a passing fancy. Feeling disgraced and laughed at, she sets off for Nice to join her mother.

Françoise Dorléac

Julie

Henri Piégay

Châteaufort

André Oumansky

Chaverny

Amarande

Mélanie Rampeau

Jean Galland

Duke of Havre

Laurence Badie

Marie

Claude Mansard

Léon

Jacques Boudet

Domestic

Hélène Boucault

Gertrude

Michel Bouquet

Reciter (voice)

Jean Bourgogne

Doctor

Marcel Champel

Coachman

Stéphane Fey

Darcy

Gilles Guillot

Monsieur de Saint-Maurice

Jean Gérald

Monsieur de Saint-Léger

Élina Labourdette

Madame Lambert

• Jean-Pierre MarchandDirector
• Bernard MinoretWriter
• Prosper MériméeWriter
• Danielle VezolleWriter

Release date

April 2, 1967

Status

Released

Original language

French

Runtime

1h 13m

Genres

Drama