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The Woman I Loved the Most
Claude is a young man whose girlfriend has just broken up with him. Feeling unable to overcome the pain, Claude has no other idea than to end his life. Back home, he finds five middle-aged or elderly men sitting at the dinner table but he refuses to join the guests and goes upstairs to his bedroom. The worst is prevented thanks to a servant who has caught sight of Claude's revolver. Claude 's uncle joins his nephew and manages to persuade him not to take action. He takes him downstairs to the dining room where each in turn, the five guests start telling their own story. For it happens that they too once had their heart broken and that they too once wanted to die for love.
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Claude is a young man whose girlfriend has just broken up with him. Feeling unable to overcome the pain, Claude has no other idea than to end his life. Back home, he finds five middle-aged or elderly men sitting at the dinner table but he refuses to join the guests and goes upstairs to his bedroom. The worst is prevented thanks to a servant who has caught sight of Claude's revolver. Claude 's uncle joins his nephew and manages to persuade him not to take action. He takes him downstairs to the dining room where each in turn, the five guests start telling their own story. For it happens that they too once had their heart broken and that they too once wanted to die for love.
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Genre:Drama
Written By:Yves Mirande
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Runtime:90 minutes
Studio:Regina Films
Cast
Robert Vernay
Director
Noël-Noël
Surgeon
Lucien Baroux
Louis Drotort, painter
André Luguet
Lawyer
Arletty
Simone, actress tenant
Bernard Blier
Funeral home employee
Raymond Rouleau
Claude Ferval, dramatic author
Jean Tissier
Hubert Barnabé, theater director
Mireille Balin
Claude's wife
René Lefèvre
Georges, industrialist's son
Michèle Alfa
Michèle Fabreuse, sculptor
Raymond Aimos
Gladiator model
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