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La Passante (1951)

La Passante poster
Original title
La passante
Directed by
Henri Calef
Genre
drama film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 42m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman with a hidden past arrives in a small French town and becomes entangled in the lives of the residents. The film follows her struggle to keep her secrets while confronting the consequences of her history.

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What happens

The Passerby (French: La Passante) is a 1951 French drama film written and directed by Henri Calef and starring Henri Vidal, Maria Mauban and Daniel Ivernel. The scenario is based on Serge Groussard's novel La Femme sans passé. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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