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Actors: Fanny Ardant, Gérard Depardieu, Henri Garcin
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Woman Next Door |
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THE WOMAN NEXT DOOR is a movie cowritten and directed by François Truffaut in 1981. The picture earned two nominations for the french Academy Awards.
Bernard lives a happy life with his wife and his little boy in a small town near Grenoble, France. One day, new neighbours, Mathilde and Philippe, move into the house next to Bernard's home. This event will greatly disturb Bernard's quiet life as he and Mathilde had a passionate love affair 8 years before. Both will soon secretly live a new passion but the psychological pressure is too important for Mathilde who suffers from a nervous breakdown and must be hospitalized. As hard as they try, both lovers can't separate.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- inconveniently married while playing footsy
- rekindling lost love/marriage
Inner struggle or disability
Yes
Taboo Sex Story?
Yes
Battle with shrink/bum?
- battle with a psychiatrist
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- teacher/professor
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn curly
Unclothed?
- chest
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
- sports arena
- mental hospital
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- thoughtful
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- seeing breasts
- sex under blankets
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- French
Subtitles?
- Yes
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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