The Lacemaker
La dentellière
1977, Film, 107 min, Drama, Romance, French, France, MoviePedia score 67
Pomme is a meek and mild French beautician whose life takes a fateful turn during a vacation to Normandy. She becomes the lover of middle-class literature-student François. The relationship sours when François takes her home to meet his parents, thanks in no small part to their differing social backgrounds.
Directed by Claude Goretta
Cast
- Isabelle Huppert as Béatrice 'Pomme'
- Yves Beneyton as François Béligné
- Florence Giorgetti as Marylène Torrent
- Annemarie Düringer as La mère de Pomme
- Renate Schroeter as Marianne
- Michel de Ré as Le peintre
- Monique Chaumette as La mère de François
- Jean Obé as Le père de François
- Christian Baltauss as Gérard
- Christian Peythieu as L'ami à la théorie des boîtes
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