Strange Place for an Encounter(Drôle d'endroit pour une rencontre)
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France · 1988
1h 40m
Director François Dupeyron
Starring Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, André Wilms, Nathalie Cardone
Genre Romance
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France is a haughty, bourgeoise wife who is abandoned at the side of the road by her husband after a vicious quarrel. She meets Charles, a doctor. The meeting of the two strangers is the focus of the film, along with their encounters with characters at a truck stop.
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