Directed by Marguerite DURAS | 1972. 1h19mn.
France | With Lucia Bosè, Jeanne Moreau, Gérard Depardieu
Nathalie Granger (1972) is a story of two women (Jeanne Moreau and Lucia Bosè) who worry about a daughter's violent behavior at school, listen to radio accounts of a murderer at large, and are visited by a traveling washing-machine salesman (Gérard Depardieu).
"I think it was an absolutely superb film. I was riveted by it." - BBC
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