Top Cast
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Annie Girardot
Madeleine
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Andréa Parisy
Daphne
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Jean-Claude Pascal
Pierre
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Philippe Noiret
Inspector Maillard
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Michel Piccoli
Paul
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George Sanders
Kellermann
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Marie-Claude Breton
Catherine
Overview
A soap-opera/murder mystery that builds to a deliriously melodramatic finale.
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