The Woman Next Door
Original title: La Femme d'à côté · Turkish title: Penceredeki Kadın
“A destructive passion between desire and madness.”
1981 · 1 h 46 min
Directed by 
François Truffaut
François TruffautCast
Gérard Depardieu
Fanny ArdantCredits
Written by: François Truffaut
Plot
A man meets his former lover when she moves next door.
Sinekatalog’s take
François Truffaut's romantic drama of two former lovers reunited as neighbours is intense and tragic. Gérard Depardieu and Fanny Ardant burn with passion in a clear-eyed look at obsession.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.2 / 10 (9,699 votes)
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