La chamade
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Alain Cavalier
Catherine Deneuve
Michel Piccoli
Roger Van Hool
Irène Tunc
Jacques Sereys
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Lucile is the beautiful mistress of Charles, a wealthy, middle-aged Parisian businessman. Accustomed to luxury, Lucile devotes her time exclusively to concerts, parties, and fashion. By chance, she meets Antoine, a handsome but indigent publisher's reader who has been introduced into the social set by his mistress, Diane. After a tenuous beginning, the relationship between Lucile and Antoine develops into love. Although Antoine ends his affair with Diane, Lucile is unable to break with Charles and accompanies him to Saint-Tropez. Upon learning that Lucile has started drinking excessively, Antoine goes to her, persuades her to leave Charles, and takes her back to his apartment in Paris. For a time, Lucile is happy, allowing Antoine to arrange a job for her as a magazine file clerk, but after only one month, she quits without informing Antoine. Eventually he discovers the ruse and is furious but decides to let Lucile have her own way. When she becomes pregnant, Lucile hurts Antoine by first refusing to bear the child and then by allowing Charles to pay for an abortion at an expensive Swiss clinic. Some time later, Lucile accepts Charles's invitation to accompany him to a concert. After spending the night with him, she returns to Antoine and finds him asleep, with a list of instructions for the day tacked to the wall. Unable to resist the lure of her former life, Lucile calls Antoine from a nearby pay phone, tells him that their affair is over, and returns to Charles.
Director
Alain Cavalier
Cast
Catherine Deneuve
Michel Piccoli
Roger Van Hool
Irène Tunc
Jacques Sereys
Philippine Pascal
Souad Amidou
Monique Lejeune
Louise Rioton
Matt Carney
Christiane Lasquin
Crew
Odette Berroyer
Alain Cavalier
Jean Chiabaut
Jean Drouin
Jacques Dugied
Pierre Gillette
Pierre Laurent
Maurice Le Roux
Pierre Lhomme
Florence Malraux
Jacques Maumont
Françoise Sagan
Yves Saint-laurent
Jurgen Vollmer
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Location scenes filmed in Paris and Saint-Tropez. Opened in Paris in October 1968; running time: 105 min; released in Italy in 1969.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Summer July 1969
Released in United States Summer July 1969
