Strange Affair
Original title: Une étrange affaire
1981 · 1 h 45 min
Directed by 
Pierre Granier-Deferre
Pierre Granier-DeferreCast
Michel Piccoli 
Gérard Lanvin 
Nathalie Baye 
Jean-Pierre Kalfon 
Jean-François Balmer Pierre Michaël
Credits
Written by: Christopher Frank
Plot
A middle-aged man in Paris, a mild-mannered bureaucrat, becomes the target of an odd female collector and his life turns into a nightmare, in a thriller with a bleak tone.
Sinekatalog’s take
A bleak thriller of disappearing identity.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.0 / 10 (759 votes)
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