TV movie adaptation of Jean Cocteau’s one-act play of a woman lecturing her indifferent lover, starring Alain Delon and Annie Cordy.
Acting
Cordy's volcanic monologue vs Delon's glacial silence
Direction
Sarraut traps you in the room with them
Production
Minimalist set heightens theatrical intensity
Director
Marion Sarraut
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Cocteau wrote this in 1940 for Édith Piaf, who performed it as a cabaret act before it became a play.
Delon and Cordy were an unlikely pairing — he was Europe's biggest star, she was a beloved comedic singer. The tension is real.
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