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A Free Man (1973)

A Free Man poster
Original title
Un homme libre
Directed by
Roberto Muller
Genre
drama
Country
France
Runtime
1h 40m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A French singer and an actress navigate personal relationships and daily life in early 1970s France. The story centers on their attempts to find independence and meaning.

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What happens

Un homme libre (released in English as A Free Man) is a 1973 feature film written by Roberto Muller and Pierre Uytterhoeven and directed by Roberto Muller himself and starring French singer Gilbert Bécaud and actress Olga Georges-Picot. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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