Hong Sang-soo's Hat Trick
In The Novelist's Film, Hong explores the meaningful things people share and inspire by virtue of simply engaging with one another.
A View of Love
Happily married with a daughter, Marc is a successful real estate agent in Aix-en-Provence. One day, he has an appointment with a woman to view a traditional country house. A few hours later, Marc finally puts a name to her face. It's Cathy, the girl he was in love with growing up in Oran, Algeria, in the last days of the French colonial regime. Marc hurries to her hotel. They spend the night together. Then she's gone again. And Marc's mother tells him Cathy never left Algeria. She was killed with her father in a bombing just before independence...
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Happily married with a daughter, Marc is a successful real estate agent in Aix-en-Provence. One day, he has an appointment with a woman to view a traditional country house. A few hours later, Marc finally puts a name to her face. It's Cathy, the girl he was in love with growing up in Oran, Algeria, in the last days of the French colonial regime. Marc hurries to her hotel. They spend the night together. Then she's gone again. And Marc's mother tells him Cathy never left Algeria. She was killed with her father in a bombing just before independence...
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Genre:Drama, Romance
Written By:Nicole Garcia, Jacques Fieschi, Frédéric Bélier-Garcia, Natalie Carter
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Runtime:105 minutes
Studio:Les Productions du Trésor, EuropaCorp
Cast
Nicole Garcia
Director
Jean Dujardin
Marc Palestro
Marie-Josée Croze
Marie-Jeanne
Sandrine Kiberlain
Clotilde Palestro
Toni Servillo
Sergio Bartoli
Claudia Cardinale
La mère de Marc
Michel Aumont
Robert Prat
Pauline Bélier
Emmanuelle
Jacques Valles
Jo Fuentes
Romain Millot
Marc (enfant)
Solène Forveille
Cathy
Emma Maynadié
Marie-Jeanne (enfant)
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