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Release year: 1963

Storyline

Depressed Alain Leroy leaves the clinic where he was detoxified. He meets friends, acquaintances and women, trying to find a reason to continue living. Will this help him?

Top credits

Directors

Louis Malle

Writers

Cast

Maurice Ronet — Alain Leroy
Léna Skerla — Lydia
Yvonne Clech — Mademoiselle Farnoux
Hubert Deschamps — D'Averseau

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Did you know

• For the first two days, filming was done in color. However, director Louis Malle realized that this was a distraction from the story, so he decided to film in black-and-white. An assistant also later declared that the shooting atmosphere on the set was rather gloomy.

• Alain is seen in his room reading F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby". Visible among his other books are Fitzgerald's "Babylon Revisited and Other Stories" and "This Side of Paradise".

• Erik Satie's Gymnopédie No. 1 which can be heard in this movie also appeared in My Dinner with Andre (1981) by the same director, Louis Malle.