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Femmes Fatales(1976)
Status: Released
Date: 1976-02-11
61%
128 Votes
Time: 1h 21m
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...
Languages: French.
Countries:
France
ProductionCompanies: 
Renn Productions
Movie: Femmes Fatales
Top 10 Billed Cast
Jean-Pierre Marielle
Paul Dufour
Jean Rochefort
Albert
Brigitte Fossey
Suzanne Dufour
Bernard Blier
Father Émile
Claude Piéplu
A guerrilla
Gérard Jugnot
A follower
Sylvie Joly
The head doctor
Dominique Lavanant
The myopic woman
Claudine Beccarie
The gynecologist's patient
Pierre Bertin
The canon
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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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1976-02-11
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