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Woman Between Wolf and Dog (1979)

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Original title
Een vrouw tussen hond en wolf
Directed by
André Delvaux
Genre
drama film
Country
France, Belgium
Runtime
1h 51m
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman is caught between her husband and a former lover during World War II in Belgium. She must navigate her loyalties and feelings as the war shapes their relationships.

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What happens

Woman Between Wolf and Dog (Dutch: Een vrouw tussen hond en wolf, French: Femme entre chien et loup), also known as Woman in a Twilight Garden is a 1979 Belgian-French drama film directed by André Delvaux. It was entered into the 1979 Cannes Film Festival and received the André Cavens Award for Best Film by the Belgian Film Critics Association (UCC). The film was also selected as the Belgian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 52nd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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